Archive for "Apr 2007"

Congressional Chairmen request briefing from EPA on recent activities

Four Committee Chairmen in the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson requesting an update on the Agency’s recent activities with regard to its libraries.
With a deadline of May 4, 2007, the inquiry concerns recent reports about the continued disposal/ dispersal of library materials, even after [...]

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State Statistics Module Debuts for Library Legislative Events

The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), in partnership with the Information Institute at Florida State University, has developed a new tool for library advocates: the State Statistics Module.
This interactive website contains copious information about broadband connectivity in libraries and allows for the creation of customized reports, based upon 11 variables from the “2006 [...]

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Presidential Debates on the Internet

As providers of public access computing and broadband, libraries have been given a great opportunity to show their value to the community with the recent news of Presidential debates going online. This event will be an interactive debate with video, which will require a certain level of bandwidth not available in all homes. As gateways [...]

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District Dispatch Podcast #19

Episode
District Dispatch Podcast #19
Cast
Andy Bridges, Communications Specialist, ALA Washington Office
Erin Haggerty, Office of Government Relations
Subject
National Library Legislative Day is fast approaching — it’s next week! — and there is still plenty of time to prepare. Visit http://www.ala.org/nlld to see all the issue briefs you’ll be armed with as you visit your Members of Congress.
Program Length
4 [...]

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Contact Your Senators TODAY for LSTA, LSL Funding

Please contact your Senators immediately and ask them to sign the “Dear Colleague” letter (PDF) being circulated by Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in support of funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program. The deadline for signing this letter is tomorrow, April [...]

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