<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Loida Garcia-Febo</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:34 AM<br>Subject: [REFORMANET] President’s budget proposal to eliminate federal library funding 'counterproductive and short-sighted'<br>To: 'Luis Herrera' via Reformanet <<a href="mailto:reformanet@googlegroups.com">reformanet@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:1em 0px;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-family:"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For Immediate Release <br style="display:block"><span>Thu, 03/16/2017</span></p><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-press-release-contact-info" style="color:rgb(48,48,48);font-family:"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><h4 class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-header">Contact:</h4><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-name">Shawnda Hines</div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-job-title">Press Officer</div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-unit">Washington Office</div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-organization">American Library Association</div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-phone"><a href="tel:(202)%20628-8410" value="+12026288410" target="_blank">(202) 628-8410</a></div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-contact-email"><a href="mailto:shines@ala.org" style="color:rgb(0,85,165)" target="_blank">shines@ala.org</a></div></div><div id="m_2451345689172250267gmail-node-13327" class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-node m_2451345689172250267gmail-node-press-release m_2451345689172250267gmail-clearfix" style="color:rgb(48,48,48);font-family:"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-content m_2451345689172250267gmail-clearfix"><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-field m_2451345689172250267gmail-field-name-body m_2451345689172250267gmail-field-type-text-with-summary m_2451345689172250267gmail-field-label-hidden"><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-field-items"><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail-field-item m_2451345689172250267even"><p style="margin:1em 0px">WASHINGTON, DC — In response to President Trump's proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services in his FY2018 budget, American Library Association (ALA) President Julie Todaro today issued the following statement:</p><p style="margin:1em 0px">"The President's proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services in his FY2018 budget just released, and with it effectively all federal funding for libraries of all kinds, is counterproductive and short-sighted. The American Library Association will mobilize its members, Congressional library champions and the millions upon millions of people we serve in every zip code to keep those ill-advised proposed cuts from becoming a Congressional reality. Libraries leverage the tiny amount of federal funds they receive through their states into an incredible range of services for virtually all Americans everywhere to produce what could well be the highest economic and social "ROI" in the entire federal budget. </p><p style="margin:1em 0px">"America's more than 120,000 public, school, college and university and many other libraries aren't piles of archived books. They're trusted centers for technology, job counseling, retraining, veterans services, entrepreneurship, education, teaching and learning and free inquiry at the core of communities in every state in the country – and in every Congressional district. And they’re staffed by the original search engines: skilled and engaged librarians."</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/03/president-s-budget-proposal-eliminate-federal-library-funding" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/news/press-<wbr>releases/2017/03/president-s-<wbr>budget-proposal-eliminate-<wbr>federal-library-funding</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_2451345689172250267gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#38761d" size="2">Loida Garcia-Febo</font></b><div>President, Information New Wave</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>ALA Executive Board Member</b></font></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>IFLA Governing Board Member</b></font></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b>IFLA Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP) Chair</b></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Professional website: </span><a href="http://loidagarciafebo.com/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://<wbr>loidagarciafebo.com/</a><br></div><div>INW website: <a href="http://informationnewwave.education/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>informationnewwave.education/</a></div><div>Emails: <a href="mailto:loidagarciafebo@gmail.com" target="_blank">loidagarciafebo@gmail.com</a> // loida@informationnewwave.<wbr>education</div><div>Tel. <a href="tel:(646)%20470-5190" value="+16464705190" target="_blank">+1 646-470-5190</a></div><div>CPDWL Member, NPSIG Advisor,</div><div>Coordinator: New Librarians Global Connections online series</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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