<div dir="ltr">FYI,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Emily Sheketoff</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esheketoff@alawash.org">esheketoff@alawash.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:29 PM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] Call for Video<br>To: "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Jazzy Wright<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 11, 2013
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">ALA: Seeking Video Footage from Innovative Libraries<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If your library uses federal funding to provide robust library services, the American Library Association’s Washington Office wants to hear from you. The ALA Washington Office is producing
a series of videos that will educate legislators and policymakers about the benefits of federal funding programs, such as the
<u><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/lsta" target="_blank">Library Services and Technology Act</a></u>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The ALA Washington Office is seeking unedited video footage showcasing innovative and effective library services funded by federal program dollars. Examples of federally-funded services include:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We would also like to see footage from library patrons who have been helped by innovative federally-funded library services (if permission has been granted by interview subjects). The Washington
Office expects to release the videos during the 2014 <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld" target="_blank">
National Library Legislative Day</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The deadline to submit video is
<b>November 15, 2013</b>. Please send all videos to ALA Washington Press Officer Jazzy Wright at
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