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<div class="entrymeta">January 09th, 2009 | Category: <a title="View all posts in OGR" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=17" rel="category"><font color="#9e0508">OGR</font></a>, <a title="View all posts in Other" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=4" rel="category"><font color="#9e0508">Other</font></a>, <a title="View all posts in School Libraries" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=11" rel="category"><font color="#9e0508">School Libraries</font></a> </div>
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<p>In August 2008, the 110th Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to protect children under 12 from exposure to lead following widespread reports about the dangers of children's toys coming in the United States from China and other places. This new law is administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and will likely start to take effect in February 2009 (although even this latter date appears to be changing.)</p>
<p>Within the last few days, ALA and others in the "book" community (other librarians, publishers, teachers, booksellers, etc.) became extremely concerned after seeing that the CPSC intended to include books in the definition of "products to children" that would need to be certified as safe. This concern was heightened by a letter from the General Counsel of the CPSC 每 a letter that states that books are not exempt from the law.</p>
<p>However, ALA has been in discussion with attorneys, other associations and the sponsors of the original bill. Our analysis is that neither the law nor the legislative history indicates any Congressional intention to include books and even textbooks in the law.</p>
<p>Please stand by 每 there is no need to take action at this time. The situation is extremely fluid and every day this week ALA has received new and sometimes contradictory information. The ALA Washington Office is taking measures to ensure this ruling (CPSIA) will not affect libraries and has sent a letter to all Congressional offices alerting them to the fact that we believe CPSC General Counsel has erroneously interpreted the CPSIA to include books. ALA is also monitoring the potential impact on other types of library materials as well.</p>
<p>Several key Hill offices have contacted the CPSC Commissioners and the General Counsel. We believe that the misunderstanding may be cleared up, so the Commission can focus on children's items that are truly dangerous.</p>
<p>If we can't get this resolved, we will need everyone who wants children to continue to have access to safe children's books to contact the Commission and Capitol Hill 每 but, for now, we can stand by until we hear more from our Congressional supporters.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director<br>ALA Washington Office<br><a href="mailto:esheketoff@alawash.org">esheketoff@alawash.org</a></p>
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<blockquote><p><em><strong>CPSC ruling requires children's books to be removed for safety testing</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. </strong>每 The American Library Association (ALA) released a letter to Congress yesterday, urging members to take action against a recent opinion ruling released from the General Counsel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that would require public, school, academic and museum libraries to either remove all their books or ban all children under 12 from visiting the facilities, beginning on February 10.</p>
<p>The opinion was issued to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), following the group's request to exclude children's books from regulation under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which passed the 110th Congress in August and is enforced by the CPSC.</p>
<p>Under the CPSC's interpretation of the law, which seeks to protect children from exposure to lead and phthalate, books for children under the age of 12 are required to undergo the same testing procedures as children's toys. Since the General Counsel's opinion is retroactive, all books currently on library or store shelves must be removed for testing, including textbooks and children's literature books in academic library research collections.</p>
<p>The publishing community has supplied the Commission with evidentiary support (available at <a href="www.rrd.com/cpsia" target="_blank">www.rrd.com/cpsia</a> ) that books and other non-book, paper-based printed materials should not be subject to the lead, phthalate, and applicable ASTM standards that are referenced in CPSIA because they do not present any of the health or safety risks to children that the law intended to address.</p>
<p>ALA President Jim Rettig said he agrees that books do not pose a threat to children and should not be subject to regulation.</p>
<p>"The CPSC should enforce this important legislation where the dangers are 每 not with books, which are not playthings and should remain unregulated," Rettig said.</p>
<p>"I sincerely doubt that Congress intended to require libraries to be subject to this law, but if Congress does not act soon, libraries across the country will be forced to remove books from the shelves, rather than keep them available to serve the educational needs of our nation's children."</p>
<p>The ALA's letter to Congress can be viewed <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cpsia.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloadswo./districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cpsia.pdf');">here</a>.</p>
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U.S. Department of Education Announces LSL Program Competition </a> </h3>
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<div><span>The U.S. Department of Education's Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (LSL) Program focuses on providing funding to public school libraries in districts with 20.00 percent or more family poverty. Funds are used to improve reading achievement through updating the library collection, expanding internet connections, purchasing new technology, providing professional development for library media specialists, and extending school library hours. Please note that individual schools may not apply for this program. This is for public local school districts or charter schools or state-administered schools that are considered local school districts by their State Educational Agency. More information about this program can be found on the program's Web site <a title="blocked::www.ed.gov/programs/lsl" href="www.ed.gov/programs/lsl"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.ed.gov/programs/lsl</span></span></a>.
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<div><span>The Department announced the 2009 LSL program competition in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, and applications will be due on Friday, March 6, 2009, at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time. Approximately 18.5 million dollars will be available for funding, and an estimated 80 grants will be awarded under this competition.<br>
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January 08th, 2009 | Category: <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=3" title="View all posts in Government Information" rel="category">Government Information</a> </div>
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<p>The House is back in session and is already getting to work. Yesterday, they voted on and passed H.R. 35, Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009 and H.R. 36, Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009.</p>
<p>H.R. 35 revokes President Bush's executive order (E.O. 13233). This ruling invalidates part of E.O. 13233 that allows former Presidents and Vice Presidents to review executive records before they are released under the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
<p>Presidential records are an important resource for historians and the larger public, and it is vital that these papers are made available. H.R. 35 passed (359-58) and hopefully will have similar success in the Senate.</p>
<p>Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009, sponsored by Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Towns, makes it mandatory to disclose all donations to charities set up to build presidential libraries. It passed the House (388-31).</p>
<p>Now is the time to reach out to your Senators and ask them to support these bills. Visit the ALA <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/home/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/capwiz.com');">Legislative Action Center</a> to learn more about contacting your elected officials.</p>
<p>Jessica McGilvray, Assistant Director<br>
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1-800-941-8478<br>
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January 07th, 2009 | Category: <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?cat=5" title="View all posts in OITP" rel="category">OITP</a> </div>
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<p>Check out the January 2009 issue of <a href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/"><em>Library Technology Reports</em></a>, where OITP IT Policy Analyst Timothy Vollmer has written a piece titled <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ltr-jan09-tvol.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloadswo./districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ltr-jan09-tvol.pdf');">"On-the-Ground Lesons from OITP's Public Library Connectivity Study" (PDF)</a>. His article discusses findings from the 2007 OITP Connectivity Study, examining the exploding demand for broadband connectivity at public libraries, analyzing barriers to increasing connectivity, and suggesting ways libraries and policymakers may better plan for and implement fast connections in public libraries. From <a href="http://www.techsource.ala.org/">ALATechSource</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>In the January 2009 issue of <em>Library Technology Reports</em>, "Funding ad Budgeting for Library Technology in Today's Economy," by Larra Clark and Denise Davis, ALA TechSource responds to the economic situation with a timely report that offers a detailed look at the library-funding landscape and features expertly authored practical guidelines for stretching a library's budget as far as it can go.</p>
<p>"This issue examines the current state of library-technology funding, looking at common problems and concerns among librarians who make technological decisions for their facilities throughout the United States. It also analyzes in detail funding sources and patterns in public libraries by size and population served," explained Dan Freeman, ALA TechSource editor. "A look at qualitative data from a series of visits to public libraries around the country〞where the authors interviewed staff to get a more detailed look at how librarians deal with technology funding issues〞is also in the issue," he added.</p>
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