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Today kicks off first day of National Library Legislative Day and your ALSC Advocacy and Legislative Committee has made it easier than ever this year for YOU to participate from home!
Explore the Everyday Advocacy website to find fantastic resources so you can tell law makers why libraries are important to your community.
Find talking points and contact information so you can tell your Congressmen and Senator what libraries are doing in their own district. Download and personalize a letter template to send to your lawmakers asking them to support library funding through LSTA, Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL), and other important bills.
The website also has ready to go tweets like the ones found below that allow you to just click and tweet!
- Tweet 1: It pays 2 support #libraries! Investment in libraries = investment in education & lifelong learning #VLLD14
- Tweet 2: Using <2% of tax dollars #libraries provide services to 2/3 of public! Support Libraries! #VLLD14
Advocating for libraries has never been easier! Make sure you take action this week for your library and your community!
Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is asking the Federal Trade Commission to issue a “consumer alert” on such Web sites as Second Life. Read the article below to learn more about this conflict, and notice that The American Library Association is referenced near the end of the article as being “staunchly opposed to the prosal.”
Ban ‘Second Life’ in schools and libraries, Republic Congressman says
I found this book as I was reading and was struck by the cover. So I read it. It is the story of Anna Commena, first born child and heir to the Byzantine Empire. Anna is a bit pompous, but good hearted. She learns early of court intrigue and plotting, but is still shocked when her grandmother and brother plot to have her family name him as heir rather than Anna. Unfortunately, it works. This is not a happy in the end type of book, but rather shows a realistic picture of what can happen in ruling families when someone usurps the throne. Anna is a strong character and Barrett creates a rich view of what life was like for her.
