<div dir="ltr">FYI,<div><br></div><div>Suzanne L. Sager</div><div><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, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:11 AM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] Call for School Libraries Today<br>To: "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#c00000">Please send to any of your lists<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">URGENT: If you support school libraries, NOW is the time (not later, not tomorrow, but RIGHT NOW) to contact your Senator to help save them. We won’t have a better chance than this for years. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Senate HELP Committee will begin voting on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) on Tuesday, April 14 at 10 am. School libraries are NOT already included in that bill, so we need to pass an amendment to fix that. Even our paltry Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) funding has been cut. Senator Whitehouse (D-RI) has agreed to offer an amendment calling for an effective school library program to be part of the bill…..but he needs at least 13 votes to prevail in the Committee. Your Senator is on that Committee and we badly need them to be one of those 13. Unless you ask Your Senator for their vote, we won’t get it and NOW is the time….<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Call your Senator right now. Ask whoever answers for the “education staffer.” Tell them, or their voice mail if necessary, how important school librarians are to students’ education and that the Senator needs to tell Senator Whitehouse NOW that they will support his “school library amendment” to ESEA.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PLEASE CALL NOW and get anybody else who cares about school libraries or education in your state to call as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are from the following states, you need to call this Senator NOW<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tennessee call Senator Alexander at <a href="tel:202-224-4944" value="+12022244944" target="_blank">202-224-4944</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wyoming call Senator Enzi at <a href="tel:202-224-3432" value="+12022243432" target="_blank">202-224-3432</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">North Carolina call Senator Burr at <a href="tel:202-224-3154" value="+12022243154" target="_blank">202-224-3154</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Georgia call Senator Isakson at <a href="tel:202-224-3643" value="+12022243643" target="_blank">202-224-3643</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kentucky call Senator Paul at <a href="tel:202-224-4343" value="+12022244343" target="_blank">202-224-4343</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Maine call Senator Collins at <a href="tel:202-224-2523" value="+12022242523" target="_blank">202-224-2523</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alaska call Senator Murkowski at <a href="tel:202-244-6665" value="+12022446665" target="_blank">202-244-6665</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Illinois call Senator Kirk at <a href="tel:202-224-2854" value="+12022242854" target="_blank">202-224-2854</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">South Carolina call Senator Scott at <a href="tel:202-224-6121" value="+12022246121" target="_blank">202-224-6121</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Utah call Senator Hatch at <a href="tel:202-224-5251" value="+12022245251" target="_blank">202-224-5251</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kansas call Senator Roberts at <a href="tel:202-224-4774" value="+12022244774" target="_blank">202-224-4774</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Louisiana call Senator Cassidy at <a href="tel:202-224-5824" value="+12022245824" target="_blank">202-224-5824</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington call Senator Murray at <a href="tel:202-224-2621" value="+12022242621" target="_blank">202-224-2621</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Maryland call Senator Mikulski at <a href="tel:202-224-4654" value="+12022244654" target="_blank">202-224-4654</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vermont call Senator Sanders at <a href="tel:202-224-5141" value="+12022245141" target="_blank">202-224-5141</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pennsylvania call Senator Casey at <a href="tel:202-224-6324" value="+12022246324" target="_blank">202-224-6324</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Minnesota call Senator Franken at <a href="tel:202-224-5641" value="+12022245641" target="_blank">202-224-5641</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Colorado call Senator Bennet at <a href="tel:202-224-5852" value="+12022245852" target="_blank">202-224-5852</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rhode Island call Senator Whitehouse at <a href="tel:202-224-2921" value="+12022242921" target="_blank">202-224-2921</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wisconsin call Senator Baldwin at <a href="tel:202-224-5653" value="+12022245653" target="_blank">202-224-5653</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Connecticut call Senator Murphy at <a href="tel:202-244-4041" value="+12022444041" target="_blank">202-244-4041</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Massachusetts call Senator Warren at <a href="tel:202-224-4543" value="+12022244543" target="_blank">202-224-4543</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Talking Points:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Point 1: While reading and books are mainstays of the school library program, today’s effective school library programs are also sophisticated learning environments that provide the education and necessary skills to succeed in college and the workplace.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Point 2: Across the United States, studies have demonstrated that students in schools with effective school library programs learn more, get better grades, and score higher on standardized tests than their peers in schools without such resources.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Point 3: NCES data reveals that approximately 8,830 public schools across the nation do not have a school library and for those schools that do have a library, nearly 17,000 schools do not have a full or part-time state-certified school librarian on staff.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Point 4: Effective school libraries:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Are staffed by a state-certified school librarian;<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Have up-to-date books, materials, equipment and technology;<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Include regular collaboration between classroom teachers and school librarians to assist with development and implementation of the curriculum; and<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Support the development of digital literacy skills.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><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><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Oregon ALA Representative</span><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Portland State University Library</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">PO Box 1151</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Portland, OR 97207-1151</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Phone: </span><a value="+15037258169" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">503-725-8169</a><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fax: </span><a value="+15037255799" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">503-725-5799</a><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">email: </span><a href="mailto:sagers@pdx.edu" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">sagers@pdx.edu</a></div></div></div></div>
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