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CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AMERICA'S LIBRARIES
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries and LSTA for FY 2005
Representative Raśl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Representative Robert Simmons
(R-CT) are circulating letters to their colleagues in the House of
Representatives asking them to provide sufficient funding for federal
library programs. The letter is addressed to the House Labor, Health
and Human Services and Education Appropriation Subcommittee that
supports federal library programs and respectfully requests that the
House and Senate include $232 million for the Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA) and $100 million for the Improving Literary
Through School Libraries program for FY 2005.
The LSTA and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program
provide critical funding for libraries of all kinds nationwide. Only
by
including $232 million for the LSTA and $100 million for the Improving
Literacy Through School Libraries program in the Labor, Health and
Human
Services, and Education Appropriations bill will we ensure that
library
patrons of all ages have sufficient access to library and information
services, support recruiting and educating the next generation of
librarians, and provide libraries the resources they need to improve
literacy skills and academic achievement.
A similar letter will be circulated in the U.S. Senate shortly. ALA
will update you when that letter is ready.
Visit ALA's website for more information on this letter:
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/washfunding/funding.htm
ACTION NEEDED: Contact your Member of Congress in the House of
Representatives and ask them to please sign the Rep. Grijalva-Rep.
Simmons letter to Chairman Ralph Regula (R-OH) and Ranking Member
David
Obey (D-WI) supporting federal library programs.
Please do not contact Rep. Grijalva or Rep. Simmons directly.
Instead,
your Representative's staff needs to contact Rep. Grijalva or Rep.
Simmons' staff.
Use ALA's Washington Office Legislative Action Center at
http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ to identify and fax your Members of
Congress in both the House and the Senate.
You can also call your Member of Congress directly using the U.S.
Capitol switchboard at: (202) 224-3121 Senate or (202) 225-3121
House.
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Carrie Lowe, Internet Policy Specialist
Office for Information Technology Policy
American Library Association
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 403
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 628-8421
Fax (202) 628-8424
clowe@alawash.org
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