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<font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Sara Kelly Johns [skjohns@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 03, 2011 4:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> aaslforum@ala.org; ALA Council; SLMS-School Library Media<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacoun] Fwd: URGENT: Contact your U.S. Senators - ask them to sign on to library funding letter for LSTA funds<br>
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Please make these calls today and please crosspost. THANKS, Sara<br>
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<td><b>Contact your U.S. Senators - ask them to sign on to library funding letter</b></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="2"><a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/IBKIPYCDNM/EPJZPYCDOZ/6980172946" target="_blank">
<p align="right">Take Action!</p>
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<p>Please call both of your U.S. Senators at <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3121" target="_blank" value="+12022243121">
(202) 224-3121</a> and ask them to sign onto this <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/IBKIPYCDNM/FFOPPYCDPA/6980172946" target="_blank">
letter</a> by COB Wednesday, June 8. Also ask library supporters to contact your senators as well.</p>
<p>Senators Jack Reed and Olympia Snowe are leading an effort to increase support for FY2012 federal funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and Improving Literacy Through School Libraries. Tell your senators’ staffers to contact Elyse Wasch
in Reed’s office or Matthew Hussey in Snowe’s office. We need other senators to sign the Reed-Snowe letter as soon as possible. Please call immediately.</p>
<p>It may help if you describe at least one valuable service that your library provides the community or a success story about a library patron. Examples include access to computers and data services to aid job searchers, support for small businesses with
marketing data and other resources as well as teaching digital literacy to people of all ages including K-12 students.</p>
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-- <br>
Sara Kelly Johns<br>
Instructor, Mansfield University School Library & Information Technology Program<br>
ALA Councilor at Large<br>
AASL Legislative Committee<br>
67 Canaras Ave.<br>
Saranac Lake, NY 12983<br>
<a href="mailto:johns@northnet.org">johns@northnet.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:skjohns@gmail.com">skjohns@gmail.com</a><br>
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"All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market"--Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<br>
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