[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] OGR collecting examples of how libraries use Statistical Abstract and the National Data Book

[Diedre Conkling]

 OGR collecting examples of how libraries use Statistical Abstract and the
National Data Book <http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5800>
March 21, 2011 ( No
Comments<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5800#comments>)

When President Obama released his 2012 Budget Request to Congress, he
included the U.S. Census Bureau’s Budget
Estimates<http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/12CJ/Census_Bureau_FY_2012_Congressional_Submission.pdf>,
which called for the termination of their Statistical Compendia Branch.

This branch compiles and releases such reports as the Statistical Abstract
and the National Data Book that include usable data for the American
public.  Closing this branch would mean the end of these reports.

ALA’s Office of Government Relations (OGR) has contacted the U.S. Census
Bureau and is working with members of the Association to compile specific
examples to demonstrate the value of these documents to the public. Please
email Jessica McGilvray (jmcgilvray at alawash.org) to share stories of how you
have witnessed this information benefitting someone in your library.

After consulting with ALA President Roberta Stevens, OGR will relay all of
this information to the House and Senate appropriators to ask them to
restore funds for this very important government service.

Librarians will play an important role in ensuring that this compilation of
data will not end. In the coming weeks there will be an alert on the ALA’s
Legislative Action Center <http://bit.ly/legaction> and it will be essential
that you contact your legislators.

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5800


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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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Home email: **diedre08 at gmail.com* <diedre08 at gmail.com>
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