[Libs-Or] Fwd: [REFORMANET] President’s budget proposal to eliminate federal library funding 'counterproductive and short-sighted'

[Max Macias]

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From: Loida Garcia-Febo <loidagarciafebo at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:34 AM
Subject: [REFORMANET] President’s budget proposal to eliminate federal
library funding 'counterproductive and short-sighted'
To: 'Luis Herrera' via Reformanet <reformanet at googlegroups.com>


For Immediate Release
Thu, 03/16/2017
Contact:
Shawnda Hines
Press Officer
Washington Office
American Library Association
(202) 628-8410
shines at ala.org

WASHINGTON, DC — In response to President Trump's proposal to eliminate the
Institute of Museum and Library Services in his FY2018 budget, American
Library Association (ALA) President Julie Todaro today issued the following
statement:

"The President's proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library
Services in his FY2018 budget just released, and with it effectively all
federal funding for libraries of all kinds, is counterproductive and
short-sighted. The American Library Association will mobilize its members,
Congressional library champions and the millions upon millions of people we
serve in every zip code to keep those ill-advised proposed cuts from
becoming a Congressional reality.  Libraries leverage the tiny amount of
federal funds they receive through their states into an incredible range of
services for virtually all Americans everywhere to produce what could well
be the highest economic and social "ROI" in the entire federal budget.

"America's more than 120,000 public, school, college and university and
many other libraries aren't piles of archived books. They're
trusted centers for technology, job counseling, retraining, veterans
services, entrepreneurship, education, teaching and learning and free
inquiry at the core of communities in every state in the country – and in
every Congressional district. And they’re staffed by the original search
engines: skilled and engaged librarians."
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/president-s-
budget-proposal-eliminate-federal-library-funding



*Loida Garcia-Febo*
President, Information New Wave

*ALA Executive Board Member*
*IFLA Governing Board Member*
*IFLA Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) Chair*
Professional website: http://loidagarciafebo.com/
INW website: http://informationnewwave.education/
Emails: loidagarciafebo at gmail.com // loida at informationnewwave.education
Tel. +1 646-470-5190 <(646)%20470-5190>
CPDWL Member, NPSIG Advisor,
Coordinator: New Librarians Global Connections online series

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