[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] ALA sends letter to Congress urging reauthorization of Library Services and Technology Act

[Diedre Conkling]

ALA sends letter to Congress urging reauthorization of Library Services and
Technology Act <http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2107> February
25th, 2009

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2107

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25, 2009

Contact: Jenni Terry <jterry at alawash.org>
202-628-8410

*WASHINGTON, D.C.* – The American Library Association (ALA) today sent a
letter to every member of Congress, urging reauthorization of the Library
Services and Technology Act.

On January 28, the ALA Council passed a resolution in support of the
reauthorization of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) during the
ALA 2009 Midwinter Conference in Denver, Co.

The resolution states that the ALA urges the U.S. Congress to reauthorize
LSTA in a timely manner.

LSTA, the only federal funding program exclusively for libraries, was
reauthorized as part of the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 (H.R.
13) and signed by former President Bush on September 25, 2003 (P.L. 108-81).
LSTA is up for reauthorization in 2009.

The letter states that all around the country, knowledgeable librarians use
the flexible LSTA funding to help patrons access essential information on a
wide range of topics. They offer training on résumé development, help on Web
searches of job banks, workshops on career information, links to essential
educational and community services, assistive devices for people with
disabilities, family and youth literacy classes and services, homework help
and mentoring programs, access to government information, a forum for
enhanced civic engagement, summer reading programs and much more.

Click here
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lsta-ltr-resolution-tosenate_alawo-_2_.pdf>to
view the letter to Senate; the letter  to the House of Representatives can
be viewed here<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/lsta-ltr-resolution-to-house_alawo-_2_.pdf>
.


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Diedre Conkling
diedre08 at gmail.com
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