Federal Government Shutdown Exhibit at NCC Baker Library

As of October 1, 2013, the U.S. Government has been partially closed due to the failure of the government to pass a bill to refund the federal budget. Although the Government has declared that this partial government shutdown causes minimal issues for the U.S. population, there has been no end to the hardship stories of individuals who are either employees of the federal government or rely on services provided by it including higher education. The NCC Baker Library has created an exhibit on the Government shutdown. The focus of this exhibit is a sheet of white paper on which the NCC community members are invited to voice the ways in which they have been affected personally and professionally by the Government’s actions. There’s also an online exhibit on the Library’s homepage at http://www.norwalk.edu/library where you may voice your thoughts. Also included in this exhibit are articles from the Connecticut Mirror and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. Please visit the Library and participate in this interactive exhibit. The exhibit will evolve in the days and weeks to come as the shutdown evolves into the debt ceiling crisis.