[Publib] FW: [District Dispatch] Grassroots Efforts Succeed on Senate Library Funding Letter

[Diedre Conkling]

I thought that you might be interested in this.  Thank you to all who called their Senators.  ( http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=440 )

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008...9:34 am

Grassroots Efforts Succeed on Senate Library Funding Letter

On April 4, a letter in support of federal library funding was signed by 47 U.S. Senators and sent to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, House Committee on Appropriations.

This is a huge success for libraries across the country, as it shows how much support libraries have from the Senate body. A big thank you goes to the thousands of library advocates who made it happen by calling and writing their Senators, in particular those members of the Federal Library Legislative and Advocacy Network (FLLAN), who really outdid themselves in getting the word out. This is a great example of the success that can come from strong grassroots support and working together!

As the letter states:

We request that you include $214.432 million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and $100 million for the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program in the fiscal year (FY) 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill.

Notable signers include Senators Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Hillary Clinton (D- NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Barack Obama (D-IL), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jack Reed (D-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and John Sununu (R-NH). A complete list of signers is available at the Legislative Action Center.

The full letter is available here:

Letter on LSTA, LSL FY 09 Funding 

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/fy09libraryrequest.pdf


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Diedre Conkling
     
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---- Andy Bridges <abridges at alawash.org> wrote: 

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Hello!

District Dispatch has posted a new item:

Grassroots Efforts Succeed on Senate Library Funding Letter

On April 4, a letter in support of federal library funding was signed by 47
U.S. Senators and sent to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, House Committee on Appropriations.

This is a huge success for libraries across the country, as it shows how much
support libraries have from the Senate body. [...]

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Best regards,

Andy Bridges
abridges at alawash.org

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