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Aufgrund drastischer Mittelkürzungen haben sich die  Direktoren zahlreicher italienischer Staatsarchive mit einem Protestschreiben an die Öffentlichkeit gewandt. Am 9. April fand ein Aktionstag statt.Mehr Informationen in der ARCHIVES-Liste (mit englischer Übersetzung der wichtigsten Teile des vom Archivarsverband unterstützten Aufrufs S.O.S. per gli Archivi - weiterer Nachweis).Zitat von P. Sione aus ARCHIVES:For those who do not read Italian, the message copied below reports that Italian state archives' operating expenses have been cut between 40% and 60%. A group of archives directorsorganized a protest for today. Together with the Italian NationalArchives Association, they asked that messages against the cuts and the closing of archives be sent to the State Archives in Florence (asfi@archiviodistato.firenze.it) and to the   Soprintendenza Archivistica per la Toscana  (archivistica.firenze@tin.it).  While the deadline is past, I believe that  expressions of opposition to the cuts from abroad are important.  Needless to say, invaluable archival collections and the important scholarly workof many researchers are in danger. There are questions that Berlusconi's plans to privatize state archives do not include the employment of professional archivists for the care of the materials.