[Libs-Or] Fwd: Libraries Need Your Voice on May 9 and 10!

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: "Kristin Murphy, ALA Washington Office" <kmurphy at alawash.org>
Date: Mar 21, 2011 6:06 AM
Subject: Libraries Need Your Voice on May 9 and 10!
To: "Diedre Conkling" <diedrec at charter.net>

   As you recall, in mid-February U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5)
introduced an amendment to H.R. 1 that would eliminate all funding for the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) including funding for the
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), the primary source of federal
dollars to libraries.  This amendment was defeated  because of the
overwhelming number of messages to Congress that library advocates sent to
their representatives.

This is only the beginning of our fight to protect LSTA funding,
aslibraries will continue to be threatened in this Congress.  Now more
than
ever, we need your participation in ALA’s National Library Legislative Day
in Washington, D.C., on May 9-10, 2011. As a participant in this event,  you
will have the opportunity to meet with your members of Congress and explain
to them why cutting library funding would be short-sighted.  Studies have
shown that the number one way that members of Congress are influenced is by
face-to-face meetings with their constituents.  For additional information
and to register for NLLD, please go to
www.ala.org/nlld<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/ICHHPEYDYZ/GAZHPFQKFV/6633326871>.


On May 9, library advocates receive a day of briefings and have the
opportunity to attend a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill where they
can socialize with members of Congress and their staffs.  The next day,
library advocates will meet with their senators and representatives to talk
about key library issues.

We hope you can find time to attend this crucial event.  If you have any
questions, please call Kristin Murphy at (800) 941-8478 .
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