[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacro-l] Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[alacro-l] Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services 
Act!
Date: 	Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:16:08 -0500
From: 	Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
To: 	<alacro-l at ala.org>



 

 

*From:* Kristin Murphy, American Library Association 
[mailto:kmurphy at alawash.org]
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:00 PM
*To:* Don Wood
*Subject:* Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!

 

TAKE ACTION!


Call NOW to Support the Museum and Library Services Act!

*URGENT! Call your Representative and tell them to Support the Museum 
and Library Services Act!*

	

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Please call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at *_202-224-3121_* and ask to 
be transferred to your representative’s office.  Tell their staffs that 
passing S. 3984, the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), is 
imperative to ensuring libraries can continue providing critical 
resources to their constituents, particularly in this tough economy.  
Specifically highlighting programs or resources your library provides to 
the member’s constituents will make your message stronger.

The U.S. Senate passed MLSA Reauthorization under unanimous consent late 
Tuesday night, bringing the bill one step closer to reauthorization 
before the end of the 111^th Congress. 

MLSA will ensure that the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) 
funds are secured and the Institute of Museum and Library Services 
(IMLS) is equipped to lead America’s libraries.  This bill received 
bipartisan support from both Senate Republicans and Democrats, 
especially Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who is a longtime supporter of 
libraries in this country.  Other Senate sponsors of this bill include 
Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), 
Michael Enzi (R-WY), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Jon Tester (D-MT).  To 
access the full text of this bill, click here 
<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111s3984>.

MLSA has moved to the U.S. House of Representatives where it must 
receive a vote before the end of the calendar year.  Please call your 
representative and urge him or her to press House leadership for a vote 
on the Senate-passed version of MLSA and to support the bill. 

Your calls are urgently needed TODAY.  If the House does not pass this 
legislation in the next two weeks, the whole reauthorization process 
will have to start over after the first of the year. 




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Suzanne L. Sager
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Portland State University

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