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sign on to library funding letter</span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;">The deadline for U.S. senators to sign on to the Senate
“Dear Colleague” letter for libraries is close of business
Wednesday. You are receiving this e-mail because we need many more
senators to sign onto this letter. While the economic climate has
forced legislators to think critically about the FY2012 budget, the reality
is that libraries provide one of the best returns on investment in the
federal budget. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%;"><span>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. We need other senators to
sign the Reed-Snowe letter as soon as possible. Please call
immediately.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i><span>To
reach your senators’ offices, call <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3121" target="_blank" value="+12022243121">(202) 224-3121</a> and ask to be
directed to their office. Tell them that you’d like them to sign on to
the “Dear Colleague” supporting library funding, which is being
circulated by Senators Jack Reed and Olympia Snowe.</span></i></b><span> 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.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span>After they agree to sign on the letter, ask them to
contact Elyse Wasch in Reed’s office or Matthew Hussey in Snowe’s
office. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As
of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, these senators have not yet signed on to this
year’s “Dear Colleague” but did sign onto last year’s
letter:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Wyden – OR</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Johnson – SD</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brown – OH</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bingaman – NM</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stabenow – MI</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cardin – MD</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Menendez – NJ</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Begich – AK</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kohl - WI</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Durbin – IL</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sanders – VT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mikulski – MD</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Gillibrand – NY</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lautenberg – NJ</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Baucus – MT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shaheen – NH</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Merkley – OR</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Udall, Mark –
CO</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lieberman – CT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Casey – PA</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tester - MT</span></p>
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Dispatch from the ALA Washington Office at <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/" target="_blank">http://www.districtdispatch.org/</a> </span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
<em><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10pt;">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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