Mark Your Calendar: National Library Legislative Day 2009
A new Presidential Administration and a new Congress have arrived in Washington, D.C. Now is the time to get our message out to Congress and advocate for libraries!
The 2009 National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) is quickly approaching and will be held on Monday, May 11th and Tuesday, May 12th at the Liaison Hotel in Washington, [...]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awards $6.9 million in grants to Connected Nation and the American Library Association
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Pilot Grant Program To Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries
Foundation awards $6.9 million in grants to Connected Nation and the American Library Association to help launch pilot broadband initiative in seven states
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Phone: +1.206.709.3400
Email: media@gatesfoundation.org
SEATTLE — A pilot initiative announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help public [...]
ALA Submits Report to Obama-Biden Transition Team
After the 2008 presidential election, the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Advisory Committee and the Committee on Legislation (COL) held meetings with the ALA Washington Office to discuss the key issues and concerns the library community must communicate to the new Administration during this time of transition and throughout Obama’s presidency.
Following these meetings, the [...]
Video available from conference on Traditional Cultural Expression
In November 2008 OITP hosted a conference in Washington, D.C. titled “Cultural Heritage and Living Culture: Defining The U.S. Library Position on Access and Protection of Traditional Cultural Expression.” The objectives of the conference included the following:
To clarify and record the key issues for libraries that collect, provide access to, and preserve traditional cultural expression;
To [...]
ALA Washington Office Joins Diverse Group in Call to Action For National Broadband Strategy
On December 2, the ALA’s Washington Office joined forces with a wide-ranging coalition of organizations in releasing a Call to Action to President-elect Barack Obama and the next Congress, urging them to establish a comprehensive national broadband strategy.
The group, a mix of communications providers, high technology companies, manufacturers, consumers, labor unions, public interest groups, educators, [...]
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