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Can you help spread the Word! Shout it from the Mountaintops! Libraries will not go quietly anymore! Anyone who wants to go to DC, please contact me. Bus and Travel arrangements are being made-WHAT FUN WE WILL HAVE! My contact info is below. WHAT: A RALLY for Libraries for All in Congress to see. WHEN: [...] The new VLA logo was unveiled and adopted at the April 9th Council Meeting. The new logo is available for download and use on all VLA publications, signage, web sites, etc. in various sizes, formats and color variations. Special thanks go to Visa Varga and the Central Rappahannock Regional Library graphics staff for the beautiful [...] Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is drafting a bill that would impose broad new rules on websites and advertisers. His goal: to ensure that consumers know what information is being collected about them on the web and how it is being used, and to give them control over that information. Boucher insists his bill will benefit [...] The American Library Association mourns the loss of the great legislator, Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy was a strong proponent of libraries and worked tirelessly with our nation’s librarians to make sure everyone in this country could get access to quality library services, no matter [...] ALA Library Advocacy Day 2010 will be held during ALA’s Annual Conference on June 28, 2010 in Washington DC. For more information please check the ALA Library Advocacy Day site. A rare moment when a San Francisco Public Library free Internet access terminal is not in use. Matthew Lasar The ALA Washington Office sent a letter (PDF file) to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling July 23 stating that the first-round Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) to implement the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program raises [...] The attached Legislative Agenda (PDF) for the 2010 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia was unanimously adopted by VLA Council members at their meeting in Charlottesville on June 12th. The agenda is similar to that of 2009 and again recognizes the current economic climate, which is unlikely to improve significantly prior to January when [...] URGENT! LSTA in danger! Call NOW to protect library funding! URGENT!!! DEADLINE TOMORROW TO PROTECT LSTA FUNDING!!! Take Action! Call your Senators now!!! 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 [...] ALA President Jim Rettig held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington yesterday as part of National Library Legislative Day, currently underway. Rettig spoke about key library issues, including the many ways libraries are assisting a growing number of individuals during this time of economic downturn and the importance of funding libraries [...] |
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