Doctor in History of Art of the University of Bordeaux III, Post-Doc+12, Western and Eastern medieval iconography 5th-14th centuries, France
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Gerrie Lamers
9 years ago
A must save!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
It is obvious that "identity" is very important in the continuation of successful organizations - subsuming them within larger academic systems typically leads to the cessation of whatever made the org. successful in the first place.
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Ruwan van der Iest
9 years ago
The NINO library functions best when keeping it an independent source of knowledge. As mentioned below; a fusion will lead to budget cuts, forcing the librarians to choose between valuable publications. It is the latter than makes me most nervous, since important publications are not always those who are the popular. I find publications in the NINO that I can't find anywhere else. It is this that makes the NINO one of the most important and useful sources of knowledge. Please don't take its value away for the sake of 'efficiency'. It functions best as independent unit, managed by people who know their stuff.
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Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
9 years ago
NINO is a resource for Egyptologists and other ANE archaeologists that should NOT disappear. In this time of consolidation, it makes no sense to reduce this great resource to little more than a toothless office with NO resources. It will not serve any interests except those of consolidation for its own sake.
I urge the sub-committee of the NINO Board and Leiden University to reconsider and halt this change to NINO and allow it to remain the invaluable resource to ANE studies as it has always been.
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Judith Weingarten
9 years ago
We seem determined to destroy everything we are good at just because we can't put a price on its value now.
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Jan Stronk
9 years ago
The NINO as it is plays a vital role in Ancient Near Eastern studies. I fail to see that, under the suggested structure Leiden in general and the NINO in particular will be able to maintain its worldwide acclaimed position. Please, do return on your steps and keep NINO as it is at present, a centre of excellence.
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Dan'el Kahn
9 years ago
It is a crime to hurt the integrity and completeness of one of the best libraries in Europe and even in the world!!!!!
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Koen Donker van Heel
9 years ago
It seems obvious that it will also mean budget cuts all around in the name of more efficiency, only to find out in ten years time: hey, it didn't work after all. Already I find that rare publications kept at the University Library cannot be retrieved, or are kept somewhere else, and that is probably not going to get better in view of the available space. For an Egyptologist as I am, the NINO should rather stay the NINO.
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Annet Rintjema
9 years ago
We have to keep the knowhow in this country...
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Ivan Guermeur
9 years ago
Nino is a major element of the world egyptology and his library is one of the best for egyptology & ANE studies and a reference for the orientalism. It is necessary to preserve & protect it.
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Alice Mouton
· petition starter
9 years ago
I have been using the NINO for almost 20 years. It is a fantastic institution that deserves to survive and thrive.
Let Nino live you ignorants1
Wat een stommiteit weer..
The knowhow must be maintained!
Doctor in History of Art of the University of Bordeaux III, Post-Doc+12, Western and Eastern medieval iconography 5th-14th centuries, France
A must save!
It is obvious that "identity" is very important in the continuation of successful organizations - subsuming them within larger academic systems typically leads to the cessation of whatever made the org. successful in the first place.
The NINO library functions best when keeping it an independent source of knowledge. As mentioned below; a fusion will lead to budget cuts, forcing the librarians to choose between valuable publications. It is the latter than makes me most nervous, since important publications are not always those who are the popular. I find publications in the NINO that I can't find anywhere else. It is this that makes the NINO one of the most important and useful sources of knowledge. Please don't take its value away for the sake of 'efficiency'. It functions best as independent unit, managed by people who know their stuff.
NINO is a resource for Egyptologists and other ANE archaeologists that should NOT disappear. In this time of consolidation, it makes no sense to reduce this great resource to little more than a toothless office with NO resources. It will not serve any interests except those of consolidation for its own sake. I urge the sub-committee of the NINO Board and Leiden University to reconsider and halt this change to NINO and allow it to remain the invaluable resource to ANE studies as it has always been.
We seem determined to destroy everything we are good at just because we can't put a price on its value now.
The NINO as it is plays a vital role in Ancient Near Eastern studies. I fail to see that, under the suggested structure Leiden in general and the NINO in particular will be able to maintain its worldwide acclaimed position. Please, do return on your steps and keep NINO as it is at present, a centre of excellence.
It is a crime to hurt the integrity and completeness of one of the best libraries in Europe and even in the world!!!!!
It seems obvious that it will also mean budget cuts all around in the name of more efficiency, only to find out in ten years time: hey, it didn't work after all. Already I find that rare publications kept at the University Library cannot be retrieved, or are kept somewhere else, and that is probably not going to get better in view of the available space. For an Egyptologist as I am, the NINO should rather stay the NINO.
We have to keep the knowhow in this country...
Nino is a major element of the world egyptology and his library is one of the best for egyptology & ANE studies and a reference for the orientalism. It is necessary to preserve & protect it.
I have been using the NINO for almost 20 years. It is a fantastic institution that deserves to survive and thrive.