<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Some good news.<br><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Neal, ALA President</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MemberValue@ala.org" target="_blank">MemberValue@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:05 PM<br>Subject: Update on today's hearing<br>To: <a href="mailto:jones.danielle.jones@gmail.com" target="_blank">jones.danielle.jones@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="3" color="#000000"><p><span style="color:#505050;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:115%">Colleagues,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#505050;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:115%"></span><span style="color:#505050;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:115%">I am pleased to report that, this evening, the House Appropriations
subcommittee that deals with library funding (Labor, Health & Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies) voted to recommend level funding in FY2018 for
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS, $231 million), likely including
$183 million for the Library Services and Technology Act, as well as $27 million
for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program.<br> <br> Four months ago, President
Trump announced that he wanted to eliminate IMLS and federal funding for libraries.
Since then, all of us have been communicating with our members of Congress about
the value of libraries. This evening's Subcommittee vote, one important step in
the lengthy congressional appropriations process, shows that our elected officials
are listening to us and recognize libraries' importance in the communities they
represent. We are grateful to the leaders of the Subcommittee, Chairman Tom Cole
(R-OK-4) and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), and all Subcommittee members,
for their support.<br> <br> We have not saved FY18 federal library funding yet.
Hurdles can arise at each stage of the appropriations process, which will continue
into the fall. But the fact that federal library funding was not cut at this particular
stage shows what can be accomplished when ALA members work together. We expect
the full House Appropriations Committee to vote on the subcommittee bills as early
as next Wednesday, July 19. I will send an update as soon as we have the results
of the full committee's actions. <br> <br> In the meantime, I encourage you to
stay informed and stay involved. Libraries and the millions of people we serve
are in a better position today because of your advocacy. <br> <br> Thank you,<br></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#505050;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:115%"><img alt="James Neal" border="0" height="64" src="http://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/development/Jim-Neal-Jim-signature-cropped.gif" style="border:0px none;height:64px;width:142px" width="142"><br> <br>Jim Neal<br>ALA President</span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Danielle Jones</font><div><font size="1"><i>Oregon Library Association ALA Chapter Councilor</i></font><br></div><div><font size="1"><i>Teen and youth librarian at Multnomah County Library</i></font></div><div><font size="1"><i>My pronouns are she, her, hers</i></font></div></div></div></span></div></div>
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