[ISLMA-Share] Fwd: Action Alert: ask your Senators to protect federal FY18 library funding

[Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association]

Even if you sent a message earlier, please remind them to sign!
A phone call, a Tweet, or an email would greatly help!

Lou Ann Jacobs
ISLMA Legislation Chair

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 10, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule to "Take Action for Libraries." Earlier this afternoon, Senators Durbin and Duckworth had not signed on to these two letters. I'm sure they are willing to do so as they both signed on last year; however, I'm sure they are both busy and need a push from YOU!
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> Kay Maynard
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> From: ALA Washington Office <districtdispatch at alawash.org>
> Date: Wed, May 10, 2017 at 2:47 PM
> Subject: Action Alert: ask your Senators to protect federal FY18 library funding
> To: islmafirst at gmail.com
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> Advocacy Alert: #SaveIMLS
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> The May 19 deadline for Senators to sign this year's "Dear Appropriator" letters to support FY 2018 funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program is quickly approaching!
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> As of this afternoon, only 14 Senators have signed for IAL and just 22 have backed LSTA, both way under last year's totals. That means that we need all library supporters to call their Senators TODAY and ask them to support federal funding for libraries.
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> Not sure if your Senators have signed? Check our handy database!
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> Our ask is simple "please support federal library funding by signing both the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Dear Appropriator letters being circulated by Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island."
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> The first "Dear Appropriator" letter asks the Committee to provide $186.6 million for LSTA in FY 2018 and the second requests level funding of $27 million for IAL. When large numbers of Senators sign these letters, it sends a strong signal to the Senate Appropriations Committee to reject requests to eliminate IMLS, and to continue funding for LSTA and IAL at least at current levels.
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> Between LSTA and IAL, $213 million in current federal library funding is at risk.
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> ALA's Legislative Action Center gives you everything you need to identify your Senators and to tell him or her to sign the LSTA and IAL "Dear Appropriator" letters being circulated to protect both of these critical programs in the FY 2018 federal budget.    
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> Not sure what LSTA and IAL are all about? Visit District Dispatch for more background information.
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