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From: Elsa F. Kramer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Academic Freedom and Open Records Laws

This maneuver has spread to Michigan. "A free enterprise think tank in Michigan . . . has made a broad public records request to at least three in-state universities with departments that specialize in the study of labor relations, seeking all their emails regarding the union battle in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow." The following link is to the site that first broke the story:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/in-michigan-conservative-think-tank-seeks-labor-prof-emails.php

Elsa Kramer, M.L.S.
Indiana University SLIS
Indianapolis


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> Date:    Mon, 4 Apr 2011 19:54:29 -0500
> From:    Sharon McQueen <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Academic Freedom & Open Records Laws
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> Hello All,
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> LIS educators respect and uphold academic freedom.* The library field has struggled to balance privacy issues and open records laws. Given this, I am very interested to know what LIS educators think of the current national debate on William Cronon (UW-Madison Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies) and the Open Records Law request for emails from his university email account.
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> Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom
> http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/24/open-records-attack-on-academic-freedom/
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