Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
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DOI：
10.4135/9781412914260.n159
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2020-02
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Robert Meehan
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作者：
Robert Meehan
环境保护局(EPA)提供与环境有关的各种主题的信息，并努力向公民通报健康风险。环境保护局还拥有一个广泛的图书馆网络，由全美26家图书馆组成，为环境保护局的员工、科学家和研究人员提供获取大量信息的途径。环境保护局实施了一项重组项目，将他们的材料数字化，以便更广泛的用户更容易获得，但当环境保护局面临削减预算的威胁时，这一计划急剧加快。它选择关闭并减少他们的一些图书馆的时间和服务。因此，该机构被指责通过使信息不可用、没有提供足够的战略计划以及丢弃重要材料来剥夺用户的“知情权”。本案例研究探讨了数字化项目的背景、实施的做法以及对该项目的批评。
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides access to information on a variety of topics related to the environment and strives to inform citizens of health risks. The EPA also has an extensive library network that consists of 26 libraries throughout the United States, which provide access to a plethora of information to EPA employees, scientists, and researchers. The EPA implemented a reorganization project to digitize their materials so they would be more accessible to a wider range of users, but this plan was drastically accelerated when the EPA was threatened with a budget cut. It chose to close and reduce the hours and services of some of their libraries. As a result, the agency was accused of denying users the “right to know” by making information unavailable, not providing an adequate strategic plan, and discarding vital materials. This case study explores the background of the digitization project, the practices implemented, and the critiques of the project.