[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] School library funding cut by the Obama administration, please contact your representatives]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacoun] School library funding cut by the Obama 
administration, please contact your representatives
Date: 	Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:42:41 -0500
From: 	Sara Kelly Johns <skjohns at gmail.com>
To: 	ALA Council <alacoun at ala.org>, AASL Legislation Committee 
<aasllegcom at ala.org>, Doc Roth <aasldoc at gmail.com>, 
sarakellyjohns at yahoo.com



*The latest blow to school libraries and students:
*

*President’s FY2011 budget proposals calls for cuts to school library 
program *

A press release <http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/?p=944> is going out 
across AASL communication channels in response to the President’s Budget 
Proposal which eliminates the Improving Literacy through School 
Libraries Act,shown to be effective in raising literacy levels in poorer 
schools, designed to boost academic achievement by providing students 
with access to up-to-date school library materials. /School Library 
Journal/ published an article 
<http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6717242.html?nid=2413&source=link&rid=16984463> 
today outlining the action and its consequences on school libraries. 
When school libraries are impacted, so are public and academic 
libraries, all part of the learning continuum that we make up.

ALA  Council members, all ALA members, and library advocates can help by 
contacting your federal representatives and  local media outlets 
immediately, sharing the impact school library programs have in your 
districts and asking for restoration of these crucial funds for school 
libraries. To support this call to action, AASL has provided a sample 
letter to the editor which I have attached.

Please use the  contents of the letter attached to this post to draft 
your own messages to  legislators, local newspapers, radio stations, and 
parent and youth organizations.

Thank you for your support of this funding cut, Sara

-- 
Sara Kelly Johns, Candidate for ALA President
ALA Councilor at Large
Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest
Library Media Specialist, Lake Placid Middle/Senior HS LMC
34 School Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946
W: 518-523-2474, ext. 4132
Fax: 518-523-4861
johns at northnet.org <mailto:johns at northnet.org>
skjohns at gmail.com <mailto:skjohns at gmail.com>

<http://www.skj4ala.com>

"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson


-- 
Portland State University logo

Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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