[ISLMA-Share] URGENT: Support Federal Library Funding for FY2017 Now!

Lou Ann Jacobs ljacobs363 at aol.com
Sat Mar 12 10:53:41 CST 2016


I sent this out earlier to the old address. 
A follow up from Bob Doyle indicated that Senator Durbin and Rep. Foster have signed on. Senator Kirk and the other Congressmen need to be contacted to sign on to these letters of support.


Lou Ann Jacobs


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From: Lou Ann Jacobs <ljacobs363 at aol.com>
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Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 7:26 am
Subject: URGENT: Support Federal Library Funding for FY2017 Now!







 It's that time of the year again when library advocates need to contact their congressmen and senators in regards to library funding

 

 

Info is below with links for information and action.

Lou Ann Jacobs
ISLMA Legislation Chair

ljacobs363 at aol.com





  		
      
	      
			
	            



	
		
			
			
			
		
		
			
			
			
			
Help Our LSTA / IAL Library Champions Help Us Now!
			
 
			
It's that time of year again when Congressional cost-cutters sharpen their budget knives and go looking for under-supported federal programs to slash or discontinue. Last year, now Speaker of the House Paul Ryan proposed completely eliminating IMLS and with it over $200 million in funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL). Both of these programs are potentially on the chopping block this year and it's up to you to help save them.  
			
 
			
Library champions in Congress are now circulating "Dear Appropriator" letters to their colleagues urging members of the powerful Senate and House Appropriations Committees to fully fund LSTA and IAL (See the letters here). 
			
 
			
Please take just five minutes to contact your Representative in the House and both of your U.S. Senators and ask them to sign these letters (one each for LSTA and IAL in each chamber of Congress). Your help, and these funds, make a huge difference in what libraries and librarians can do for their patrons in every corner of the country.
			
 
			
These "Dear Appropriator" letters carry tremendous weight with the Appropriations Committee. The more Members of Congress who sign them, the more likely LSTA and IAL - and the millions of Americans they help every year - are to survive and thrive.
			
 
			
Time is short! Please, contact both your Senators and Representative now.
			
 
			
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