[LM_NET] Gen: National Library Legislative Day grant

[Beth Yoke <byoke@ALA.ORG>]

ALA/WHCLIST NLLD AWARD

 

The ALA Washington Office in conjunction with the White House Conference
on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) is pleased to
announce that a monetary award has been created to help defray costs for
a library supporter to attend ALA's National Library Legislative Day
(NLLD) held annually in Washington DC.  This year it will be held May
13-14.  WHCLIST was an effective force in library advocacy nationally,
statewide, and locally, following the White House Conferences of 1979
and 1991.

 

Criteria:

  * The recipient must be a library supporter (trustee, Friend, Teen
Advisory Group member, general supporter), not a professional librarian.

 

* Priority will be given to those who are first-time attendees to
National Library Legislative Day.

 

* Recipient must be willing to continue to advocate for library services
beyond National Library Legislative Day.

 

Instructions:

* To apply: 1) register online for NLLD via the link below, 2) write a
brief letter about why you should be chosen and 3) write a letter of
reference from a library director, school librarian, Library Board
Chair, Friends Group Chair, or other library personnel.  Mail both
letters to the address below.

 

Other information:

* The ALA Washington Office will contact the recipient's Senators and
Member of Congress to announce the award.

 

* Two WHCLIST leaders and one member of the Washington Office staff will
choose the recipient each year.

 

*       The monetary award is $300 and will be given to the winner at
NLLD.

 

ALA and WHCLIST are committed to ensuring that the American people get
the best

library services possible. These funds will be used to further those
efforts.

 

If you or someone you know might be interested, please send a letter
explaining why you should be chosen, your letter of reference, and a
completed NLLD registration form to:

 

Rosalind Reynolds, ALA Government Relations Specialist

1615 New Hampshire Ave NW

First Floor

Washington, DC 20009

rreynolds@alawash.org

202-628-8419

 

NLLD registration

form can be found at: 

http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washevents/nlld/registrationa/registratio
n.cfm 

 

For more information

on NLLD please visit the ALA-WO website www.ala.org/nlld

 

 

Beth Yoke, Executive Director

Young Adult Library Services Association

fastest growing division of ALA

50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611

1.800.545.2433 x4391

fax: 312.280.5276

Register for Teen Tech Week!

www.ala.org/teentechweek

March 2-8, 2008

byoke@ala.org

 


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