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&#60;![CDATA[The city government of Cologne in Germany is planning to close down therenowned 'Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek' (KMB) in the very near future!On the 22nd of May 2003 the city council will decide what will happenwith one of the biggest art libraries in Germany.The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kunst- und Museumsbibliotheken (AKMB) hasset up a German focus-webpage on their site to give more information about all this, http://www.akmb.de/web/html/fokus/kmb.htmlThe Art Library Society of Flanders/Belgium (OKBV) took the initiativeto set up a temporary support-site so that people can also react individually to these plans. By signing the on-line petition, you cansupport this art library and send some encouragement to the peopleworking there: http://users.pandora.be/okbv/supportKMB/petition.htmPlease send this message to any other list that is relevant. [via H-MUSEUM]]]&#62;