<div dir="auto"><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/security_theft" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">ACRL/RBMS Guidelines Regarding Security and Theft in Special Collections</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> are in the process of being revised. These guidelines are used by special collections and archival repositories across the United States and currently encourage punitive action to safe-guard collections, spaces, & staff. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0in"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please consider reading the Abolition in Special Collections's statement to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Executive Committee and sign to support a revision that will make special collections reading rooms into safer spaces for all: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/AbSCstatementtoRBMS" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://bit.ly/AbSCstatementtoRBMS</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background:white">Abolition in Special Collections group of the </span><a href="https://abolitionistlibraryassociation.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white">Abolitionist Library Association</span></a></p><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sherri Goudy (she, hers)<br>Independent Archivist, Researcher, and Writer<br>567-356-7817<br><br>"The myth of rugged individualism is a lie...by building coalitions in community, anything is possible." ~ India Walton<br><br>    </div></div>