Seventeen department heads and four center directors in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts recently sent a letter to the administration, excoriating the university for “inequitable” University Libraries cuts that they say will have an immediate and irreversible impact on students and faculty in the college. Penn State initially announced a $2.2 million cut to the University Libraries’ collections budget in May, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, last month, the university finally revealed more specifics — including a $400,000 cut to the arts and humanities and a $200,000 cut to the social sciences when it comes to books, journals and similar resources.
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