[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacro-l] MLSA Vote Tomorrow! Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[alacro-l] MLSA Vote Tomorrow! Call NOW to Support the Museum 
and Library Services Act!
Date: 	Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:21:05 -0500
From: 	Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
To: 	<alacro-l at ala.org>



*From:* Kristin Murphy, American Library Association 
[mailto:kmurphy at alawash.org]
*Sent:* Monday, December 13, 2010 10:16 AM
*To:* Don Wood
*Subject:* MLSA Vote Tomorrow! Call NOW to Support the Museum and 
Library Services Act!

	

Take Action Now

	


	

MLSA Vote Tomorrow! Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!


*MLSA VOTE TOMORROW! Call Now to Support the Museum and Library Services 
Act!*

	

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_Take Action! 
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Good news! The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote on the 
Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA) for Tuesday. Your phone calls to 
Congress are especially important now as your representatives will be 
making a decision on how they plan to vote on this bill.

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 MLSA is imperative to ensuring libraries can continue providing 
critical resources and services 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.

MLSA will ensure that all library programs under the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services (IMLS), including the Library Services and 
Technology Act (LSTA), are authorized, therefore equipping IMLS to lead 
America’s libraries. This bill received bipartisan support from both 
Republicans and Democrats when it passed the Senate late week, and it 
will need the same bipartisan support to pass the House. To access the 
full text of this bill, click here 
<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:S3984:>.

Your calls are urgently needed TODAY! If the House fails to pass this 
legislation when it is on the floor tomorrow, the whole reauthorization 
process will have to start over after the first of the year. We cannot 
let that happen.


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