[Libs-Or] ACTION ITEM Fwd: Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: Kristin Murphy, American Library Association <kmurphy at alawash.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Subject: Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!
To: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>


  [image: TAKE ACTION!]    Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library
Services Act!
  *URGENT! Call your Representative and tell them to Support the Museum and
Library Services Act!*

Take Action!
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Please call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at *202-224-3121* and ask to be
transferred to your representative’s office.  Tell their staffs that passing
S. 3984, the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), is imperative to
ensuring libraries can continue providing critical resources to their
constituents, particularly in this tough economy.  Specifically highlighting
programs or resources your library provides to the member’s constituents
will make your message stronger.

The U.S. Senate passed MLSA Reauthorization under unanimous consent late
Tuesday night, bringing the bill one step closer to reauthorization before
the end of the 111th Congress.

MLSA will ensure that the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds
are secured and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is
equipped to lead America’s libraries.  This bill received bipartisan support
from both Senate Republicans and Democrats, especially Senator Jack Reed
(D-RI), who is a longtime supporter of libraries in this country.  Other
Senate sponsors of this bill include Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Thad Cochran
(R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael Enzi (R-WY), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) and
Jon Tester (D-MT).  To access the full text of this bill, click
here<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111s3984>
.

MLSA has moved to the U.S. House of Representatives where it must receive a
vote before the end of the calendar year.  Please call your representative
and urge him or her to press House leadership for a vote on the
Senate-passed version of MLSA and to support the bill.

Your calls are urgently needed TODAY.  If the House does not pass this
legislation in the next two weeks, the whole reauthorization process will
have to start over after the first of the year.

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*Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Phone & Fax:  541-265-3066
**Work email:  **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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