<div dir="ltr">FYI,<div><br></div><div>Suzanne Sager<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Wood</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:02 AM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] Stories about Advocating for School Libraries<br>To: <a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div><p>The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Library Advocacy (OLA) seek stories about parents and students who advocate for their school libraries. Stories shared will help AASL and OLA spread examples of parent and/or student advocacy to stakeholders nationally.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Stories should demonstrate how students and parents value their school library program and the essential place it holds in developing lifelong learning. Stories may feature parents and students who have gone to extraordinary measures to save their school library program and their certified school librarian. Stories may also portray parents and students engaging in small acts of everyday advocacy in support of their school library program.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Stories may be submitted on the AASL website at <a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/stories" target="_blank">www.ala.org/aasl/stories</a>. The deadline for submission is April 11. AASL/OLA staff may follow-up for further information. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>The American Association of School Librarians, <a href="http://www.aasl.org/" target="_blank">www.aasl.org</a>, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ALA Units: <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/540" target="_blank">American Association of School Librarians</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/619" target="_blank">Office for Library Advocacy</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer Habley<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Manager, Web Communications<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">American Association of School Librarians (AASL)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:312-280-4383" value="+13122804383" target="_blank">312-280-4383</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jhabley@ala.org" target="_blank">jhabley@ala.org</a> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Don Wood<br>
Program Officer<br><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Chapter Relations Office</span></a><br>American Library Association<br>50 East Huron Street<br>Chicago, IL 60611<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Suzanne L. Sager</span><div>
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