Smith College has proposed consolidating its performing arts library into its main library

Smith College, a private women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts, has proposed eliminating its renowned Werner Josten Performing Arts Library and consolidating its collection into its William Allan Neilson Library (its main library). See the College's "Proposed Budget Reduction Plan", and particularly the section on libraries. This has, not surprisingly, generated quite a conversation on MLA-L, the Music Library Association's e-mail discussion list. Smith College students have set up a Facebook group (Save Smith College's Josten Library) and a blog (Don't Shelve Josten) in protest of this development.