[Libs-Or] ACTION: Fwd: [District Dispatch] Call your U.S. Senator to get school librarians into the Keep our Educators Working Act of 2010

[Diedre Conkling]

Now you have two reasons to call your Senators, the piece I am forwarding
below and the request to have them sign the "Dear Appropriator" letter found
at http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ 1.  Call your senators now to support library
funding! <https://mail.google.com/ala/issues/alert/?alertid=14851876>

 The deadline for these "Dear Appropriator" to be received by the
Appropriations Committee *has been extended **to April 15*, so it is
important that you call your senators today and ask them to sign onto a
"Dear Appropriator" letter that is circulating around the Senate. This
letter will be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee and will be
asking the committee to support the Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (ILTSL) program
in its FY2011 budget.

*2.*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jacob Roberts <jroberts at alawash.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Subject: [District Dispatch] Call your U.S. Senator to get school librarians
into the Keep our Educators Working Act of 2010
To: district at ala.org


FULL POST: http://bit.ly/b8yxkS
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District Dispatch has posted a new item, 'Call your U.S. Senator to get
school
librarians into the “Keep our Educators Working Act of 2010”'

Legislation is expected to be introduced tomorrow morning in the U.S. Senate
that will provide $23 billion in aid to help school districts hire and
retain
educational professionals.  Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will introduce this
bill.


While librarians are not specifically mentioned in this bill, school
librarians
will be able to receive some of this funding.  However, it has been our
experience that if libraries are not mentioned in legislation, they will not
benefit.

Please call your United States senator’s office today and ask him or her to
include libraries into the “Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010” and
then urge him or her to co-sponsor this legislation.  Please make sure that
when you speak with your senator’s office that you express the important
role
school libraries play in the education of a child and that if school
libraries
are ignored in this bill, many schools will lose their librarian.

Jeff Kratz
Assistant Director, OGR

You may view the latest post at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4738

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Best regards,
Jacob Roberts
jroberts at alawash.org



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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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