We are passing along this letter from ALA President Julie Todaro. It looks like there is some growing support in the federal legislature for continuing to fund IMLS!
Remember that Minnesota directly receives nearly $3 million a year from IMLS. They fund the LSTA grants, they support training of all sorts across the profession, and they fund projects too large for one library do to alone. Check out our podcast on Digitization projects to hear about a few amazing things IMLS has helped to fund – including the Minnesota Digital Library, that many of us use every day!
Have you sent an email, or called, or stopped in to visit a federal or state legislator to tell them about the great things libraries do? Yes! Great!! Do it again!! Libraries need all of us to stand up NOW, and tell everyone how wonderful we are! (And we are – so go brag about the things you do every day!) Continue reading Some early success in the fight to fund IMLS!→
CMLE members: If you do not make it to Washington, you can definitely participate in the Virtual Library Legislative Day activities!
“Help us amplify the key advocacy messages that the American Library Association will be sending Congress during National Library Legislative Day by committing to emailing, calling, or Tweeting at your Senators and Representative May 1-5th. Don’t worry! We’ll send you talking points and resources on May 1st, along with the link to the live webcast, in case you need them.
Not sure what National Library Legislative Day is? Want to join us in person in Washington, D.C.? Check out ala.org/nlld for more information and use #nlld17 to join the conversation.”
Forwarded from the ALA Washington Office thru Legislation Assembly:
In the wake of the Presidential budget release last week, we’ve been receiving increased calls and emails containing questions about National Library Legislative Day 2017. Below are a few FAQs – please feel free to send this out to your listservs, etc, to help get the word around.
Is there still time to register for National Library Legislative Day 2017:
Absolutely! The deadline for registering online is April 8th and after that we will only be able to accept registrations at the door of the event. Registration information is available at ala.org/nlld.
