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SAVE PALACE GREEN MUSIC DEPARTMENT LIBRARY, DURHAM

SAVE PALACE GREEN MUSIC DEPARTMENT LIBRARY, DURHAM

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 5 months ago
You may or may not be aware of the Durham Project, which will include major strategic developments within the University. As part of these plans, the Law Department and Library are having built new facilities on the science site; a great acquisition for their particular needs. As a result, Palace Green Library would be converted into a World Heritage Site Visitorâ

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February 21, 2008

The silence from the university administration remains deafening while they move ahead with these plans. I keep thinking about how much of my own academic life was shaped by those specific quiet corners and the physical records we are about to lose. They expect us to just accept this erasure but your stories show that we are not willing to let that history vanish.

February 21, 2008

Seeing this momentum grow reminds me of all the hours I spent studying in those quiet corners of Palace Green. It is overwhelming to know that so many of you value this space just as deeply as I do.

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Robert Acosta
18 years ago Featured

Total madness. Cant believe they would replace such a valuable resource with a visitor center.

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Sarah Collins
18 years ago Featured

This library is essential for the music department students. Moving it is a huge mistake and will hurt our studies.

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James Hart
18 years ago Featured

Ridiculous decision. Palace Green is the heart of the department and losing that space is a real shame for everyone here.

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Alice Chapman
18 years ago Featured

This music library has been vital for years. Please dont do this to the music students. We need that space.

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Tom Petersen
18 years ago Featured

Just what we need, another coffee shop or gift store instead of actual learning resources. Stop destroying history for tourism.

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Eleanor Mehta
18 years ago Featured

KEEP THE LIBRARY WHERE IT IS. It is a quiet sanctuary for us and moving it makes zero sense at all.

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