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OMG---that would be a MAY 14th deadline. Today!...sigh, Sara

(Thanks, Ann Martin, for seeing this typo!)


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On May 14, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Sara Kelly Johns wrote:



They really do listen. If the Improving Literacy through School
Libraries bill is passed with increased funding, more libraries will
qualify, more students will be impacted by having high quality
libraries. The talking points are here on the Take Action page of the
ALA Washington Office: http://capwiz.com/ala/home/  



Here is the original posting. Are YOUR Senators listed?: 

To take action that has a 10am . MAY
14 deadline, call your senators asking for their signature on this Dear
Colleague letter or click on the "Take Action" link below. If your
senator has signed already, call to thank him/her and ask him/her to 
encourage their colleagues to sign on.



Your voice matters, Sara







From: Kristin Murphy, American Library Association [mailto:kmurphy@alawash.org] 

Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:05 PM

Subject: URGENT! LSTA in danger! Call NOW to protect library funding!



 





URGENT! ILTSL andLSTA in danger! Call NOW to protect library funding!



URGENT!!! DEADLINE TOMORROW TO PROTECT ILTSL LSTA FUNDING!!!



Take Action!



Call your Senators now!!!



 

Please contact your Senators and ask them to sign the "Dear Colleague"
letter being circulated by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Olympia Snowe
(R-ME) in support of funding for the Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program.



The deadline has been extended to 10am on May 14, 2009!!!!!!!





This is a tough budget year. After passing the stimulus package, only a
select few programs will receive an increase in FY 2010. LSTA and the
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program are in serious
danger of receiving level funding, or possibly even a cuts, if we don't
have 60 signatures on the letter. Please contact your Senator NOW! 



The letter is addressed to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services
and Education Appropriation Subcommittee and requests that the Senate
include $300 million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
and $100 million for the Improving Literary Through School Libraries
program for FY 2010.  It has come to our attention that Senate offices
have been told this request is considered an earmark. We have been
assured by Appropriations Committee staff this is not the case.





Please CALL your Senators and let them know that this letter is an
absolute priority.  Click on the "take action" link in the upper left
hand corner and enter your zip code.  It will provide you with both
talking points and the contact information for your elected official. 
When you convince your Senators to sign onto the Dear Colleague, you
must ask him or her to call Andrew Odgren with Senator Reed at
202-224-4642 or Mathew Hussey with Senator Snowe at 202-224-5344.



The following Senators have signed onto this letter.  If your Senator
is not on this list, but has committed to signing the Dear Colleague,
please call them IMMEDIATELY:



Reed

Snowe

Kohl

Lautenberg

Cardin

Gillibrand

Lieberman

Wyden

Boxer

Lincoln

Kennedy

Menendez

Levin

Whitehouse

Bingaman

Sanders

Schumer

Rockefeller

Conrad

Johnson

Burris

Tester

Casey

Dodd

Baucus

Burr

Leahy

Bunning

Merkley

Brown

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Sara Kelly Johns

Immediate Past President, AASL

Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest

Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC

34 School Street

Lake Placid, NY 12946

518-523-2474, ext. 4132

FAX: 518-523-4861

johns@northnet.org

SaraKJohns@aol.com

 



"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson

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