<div><div dir="auto">This message has gone out to ALA Members but not all of us are ALA Members so I’m just posting this to a wider audience. Please share with your Board members, library friends groups and anyone else you think might contact members of Congress.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Emily Wagner <<a href="mailto:Ewagner@alawash.org">Ewagner@alawash.org</a>><br>Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 7:55 AM<br>Subject: [la] Need your help! #FundLibraries Campaign<br>To: <a href="mailto:LA@LISTS.ALA.ORG">LA@LISTS.ALA.ORG</a> <<a href="mailto:LA@lists.ala.org">LA@lists.ala.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you all know, we are in the middle of our yearly appropriations campaign. The library community has already responded to the President’s FY 2019 budget proposal, and we have moved into the House side of the campaign. Right now, we are
coming up close on the deadline for Representatives to sign this year’s letters in support of federal library funding. Right now, one letter is circulating in support of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and one for the Innovative Approaches to
Literacy (IAL) program.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As an update, we currently have 84 signatures on LSTA, and 49 for IAL. This time last year, we were able to get over 140 signatures for both letters.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the deadline coming up – March 19<sup>th</sup>! – I’d like to ask your help in getting the word out about this campaign. We are maintaining a list of Reps who have signed at <a href="http://ala.org/fundlibraries" target="_blank">ala.org/fundlibraries</a>. Please take a moment today to find
out if your Rep has signed and <a href="https://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/write-a-letter?3&engagementId=445994" target="_blank">
contact them</a> if not. And then help us spread the word! <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Emily L. Wagner<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Director, Knowledge Management & Communications<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/elwags" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">@elwags</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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