[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] Setting the Record Straight: Stimulus Includes Libraries

[Diedre Conkling]

 Setting the Record Straight: Stimulus Includes Libraries
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=1516> January 16th, 2009 |
Category: Funding <http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=13>,
OGR<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=17>

Currently, there is a letter circulating by Jeffrey Scherer, board chair for
Libraries for the Future in New York and architect at Meyer Scherer &
Rockcastle in Minneapolis, who claims the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 does not contain funding for libraries.

Mr. Scherer, though good-intentioned, has misunderstood and misrepresented
the bill. We wish to set the record straight before more confusion ensues.

Mr. Scherer wrote that, "While it includes roads and bridges to drive across
our communities, it must include our intellectual bridges, the public
library." Libraries are, in fact, included as a qualifying institution for
the K-12 Repair and Modernization funding and the Higher Education Repair
and Modernization funding.

Additionally, libraries can benefit from several other programs that benefit
from stimulus funding in the legislation, including the Rural Community
Facilities Program.

Mr. Scherer is correct that libraries should benefit from the funds included
to modernize federal and other public infrastructure, and it is our job as
librarians and library supporters to inform Congress and our governors of
this fact.

Click here <http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf>to
view the full text of the House version of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. Click here
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ala-stimulus-funding-summary2.pdf>to
read the ALA summary of programs included in the House version of the
stimulus that can benefit libraries.

We will continue to update the District Dispatch as we move forward in this
process moves forward.

Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director
ALA Washington Office
esheketoff at alawash.org
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