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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Kristin Murphy,
American Library Association [mailto:kmurphy@alawash.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Curtis Rogers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please ask your Senators to support library funding!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Urgent Call to Action! Ask your Senators to support
library funding!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please contact your Senators and ask them to sign the
"Dear Colleague" letter being circulated by Senators Jack Reed
(D-RI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) in support of funding for the Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through
School Libraries Program. <b><br>
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<u>The deadline to sign the letter is Tuesday May 5!</u> </b>LSTA and
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries are two of the most important
federal programs for libraries today. The letter will not be taken
seriously, and it will appear as if Members of Congress do not care about
libraries if we don't have 60 signers on the letter. Programs that don't
have a vocal support network are in danger of being cut. <br>
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The letter is addressed to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education
Appropriation Subcommittees and requests that the Senate include $300
million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and $100 million
for the Improving Literary Through School Libraries program for FY 2010.
You can see the letter <a
href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/KQXXKIQKFR/MFRDKIQKHP/3230340746"
target="_blank">here</a>. <br>
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<b>Please click the "Take Action" link in the upper right hand
corner. This link will take you to sample language and direct it
toward your specific Senator. When you contact your Senators you must
ask him or her to call Andrew Odgren with Senator Reed at
202-224-4642 or Mathew Hussey with Senator Snowe at 202-224-5344. <br>
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Talking Points:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>The Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) was reauthorized as part of the Museum and Library Services Act
of 2003 (H.R. 13) and signed by the President on September 25, 2003
(P.L. 108-81)<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2'>LSTA is the only federal funding program
exclusively for libraries<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'>The Grants to State Library Agencies
program provides funds to State Library Administrative Agencies using
a population-based formula. State libraries may use the appropriation
to support statewide initiatives and services; they also may
distribute the funds through subgrant competitions or cooperative
agreements to public, academic, research, school, and special
libraries in their state.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'>LSTA offers a variety of competitive
grants available to librarians: The 21<sup>st</sup> Century Librarians
Program; The National Leadership Grants; and the Native American
Library Services: Enhancement Grants.<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'>Around the country, knowledgeable
librarians use the flexible LSTA funding to help patrons access
essential information on a wide range of topics. They offer training
on résumé development; help on web searches of job banks; workshops on
career information; links to essential educational and community
services; assistive devices for people with disabilities; family and
youth literacy classes and services; homework help and mentoring
programs; access to government information; a forum for enhanced civic
engagement; summer reading programs and much more<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo6'>LSTA provides funds to help libraries
connect to each other electronically and provide users access to
information through state, regional, national, and international
networks<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7'>State libraries use LSTA funds to
support statewide initiatives and also distribute the funds through
subgrants or cooperative agreements to public, school, academic,
research, and special libraries<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo8'>LSTA funding enables libraries to pursue
innovative opportunities, recruit and educate the next generation of
librarians, and support research that is critical to libraries of all
types<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo9'>LSTA funds help libraries provide
persons of limited financial resources or who live in remote areas,
access to books and reference materials, computers and the internet,
and community-based social services that are often available nowhere
else<o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo10'>LSTA helps libraries serve as an
important link to the business community, assisting with job creation
and training programs, as well as assisting with business development
initiatives<o:p></o:p></li>
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