Hi Folks,

 

You may have seen our email action alerts in District Dispatch last week and today on support for LSTA and school library funding through IAL (Innovative Approaches to Literacy). I’m hoping you can activate your state networks to help us generate some calls into Congress in support of these “Dear Colleague” letters that are circulating in the House and Senate. These letters address two programs (Library Services and Technology Act & school library grants).  These issues will also be a major focus of this year’s Leg Day May 5 & 6.

 

Please call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121202-224-3121 today in support of LSTA and IAL or use capwiz at www.ala.org/takeaction

Your members of Congress can help support funding for libraries and all it takes is a short phone call. In both the U.S House and Senate, there are two “Dear Colleague” letters circulating that your legislators can sign on to in order to support libraries. One letter supports funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the other letter supports funding for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) competitive grant program.

 

Here is a sample call script just to show you how easy these calls can be:

 

 

To find more talking points and calling information you can visit the Legislative Action Center at www.ala.org/takeaction:

 

 

 

If a Congressional office ever asks you a question you don’t know the answer to, simply say you can check and get back to them. My colleagues and I are happy to help you with their questions. Thanks so much for your support, it helps keep these critical programs funded!

Emily Sheketoff