Task Force Forms After Outcry Against Closing Two Maryland Libraries

Students discuss the recent decision to close the art and architecture libraries.

By Talia Richman, The Diamondback.

When Dean of Libraries Patricia Steele announced this summer that she was closing the art and architecture libraries because of a 1.5 percent budget cut, she faced backlash not only for closing the two libraries, but also for doing so without consulting students or faculty.

In response to public outcry and online petitions, officials from the libraries dean office, the architecture, planning and preservation school and arts and humanities college have formed task force committees to develop a course of action.

“We are spending the semester getting as much input as we can,” Steele said. “I trust them to think of some very clever ways to get to a win-win solution.”

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