[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacro-l] ALA and Woman's Day magazine want to know why the library is important to your community]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacro-l] ALA and Woman's Day magazine want to know why the 
library is important to your community
Date: 	Wed, 5 May 2010 11:23:24 -0400
From: 	Don Wood <dwood at ala.org>
To: 	<alacro-l at ala.org>



*ALA and Woman’s Day magazine want to know why the library is important 
to your community*

CHICAGO – This spring, the American Library Association (ALA) and 
Woman’s Day magazine will showcase the importance and value of 
libraries. The initiative will ask readers to submit stories on why the 
library is important to their community.

 From now through May 9, women ages 18 and up are invited to send in 
stories in 700 words or less to womansday at ala.org 
<mailto:womansday at ala.org>. Up to four stories will be profiled in the 
March 2011 issue of the magazine or at womansday.com.

Librarians can download free tools to help collect local stories from 
the Campaign for America’s Libraries Web site (www.ala.org/womansday 
<http://www.ala.org/womansday>). Tools include a sample press release 
and newsletter copy.

A downloadable Web button that can be linked to the official rules on 
the Woman’s Day Web site (www.womansday.com/ala 
<http://www.womansday.com/ala>) is also available.

The initiative continues a nine-year partnership between the magazine 
and ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries that has generated extensive 
editorial coverage for libraries. Since 2002, Woman’s Day has asked its 
readers to write in about “how the library has changed my life,” “how 
the library helped improve my health” and “how the library helped me 
deal with the tough economy.”

Woman’s Day magazine is a Partner in the Campaign for America’s 
Libraries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary 
<http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/publicawareness/campaign%40yourlibrary/index.cfm>), 
ALA’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and 
librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and 
around the globe - use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The 
Campaign is made possible by ALA’s Library Champions 
<http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/contactus/librarychampions/index.cfm>, 
corporations and foundations.

Other Partners include Carnegie Corporation of New York, Disney Book 
Group, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, the Financial Industry 
Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the International Federation of Library 
Associations and Institutions (IFLA), National Baseball Hall of Fame and 
Museum, Univision Radio and Verizon.

Megan McFarlane

Campaign Coordinator

The Campaign for America's Libraries

312-280-2148

mmcfarlane at ala.org <mailto:mmcfarlane at ala.org>

www.ala.org/@yourlibrary <http://www.ala.org/@yourlibrary>

American Library Association

50 E. Huron

Chicago, IL 60611

Check out PIO's blog:

Visibility @ your library^®

http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility


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Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu