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Feb 22, 2014
The following is a message from Ted Wagner of ALA's Washington Office:
Registration for the 2014 National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) is now open! To get started simply visit http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld On the registration page, you will also find information about making a hotel reservation at the official NLLD hotel. This year's event will be held at the Liaison Hotel in Washington DC on May 5 and 6. You can also find preliminary information about this year’s schedule. For 40 years (!), there has been an annual National Library Legislative Day in the nation's capital. Each year, over 400 library supporters travel to DC where they receive training and briefings to prepare for meetings with their members of Congress. Many continue their advocacy activities when they return back home by building on the relationships they established at NLLD. There is a funding opportunity available for NLLD. The White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce and the ALA Washington Office are calling for nominations for the WHCLIST Award. Each year, the award is granted to a non-librarian participant in National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). The winner receives a stipend of $300 and two free nights at the NLLD hotel. For more information visit the WHCLIST page: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld/funding Each state has a coordinator who arranges the meetings with legislators, communicates with the ALA Washington Office and serves as the contact person for the state delegation. To find your state coordinator, visit http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld/coordinators If you have any questions, please contact Ted Wegner in the ALA Washington Office at twegner@alawash.org or call 800.941.8478 |
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Nov 15, 2013 A message from Kara Malenfant, ACRL's Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives:
Currently circulating in U.S. Congress is the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technology Act of 2013 (FIRST) Act. One provision of the bill – Section 302 – would undercut federal agencies’ ability to effectively implement the widely-supported White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Directive on Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research, undermine the public access program pioneered by the National Institutes of Health, and put the U.S. at a severe disadvantage among our global competitors.
Earlier this week, ACRL joined with 10 other national and regional library, publishing, and advocacy organizations to express our strong opposition to this language in a letter to Congress (see http://sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/OAWG%20FIRST%20Letter_0.pdf). ACRL’s legislative agenda includes increased access to federally funded research as one of our top issues.
We encourage you to let your members of Congress know that you oppose language in the proposed FIRST Act to delay public access. Learn more, read talking points and take action at http://www.sparc.arl.org/advocacy/national/first.
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Sep 26, 2013 The 2013 ACRL Legislative Agenda focuses on three issues that the U.S. Congress has recently taken, or will most likely take action on in the year ahead:
New this year, the agenda includes a watch list of policy issues of great concern to academic librarians. Legislation on these issues is not likely to arise and, moreover, ACRL does not believe that any legislation about these issues is necessary. Issues on the watch list are:
ACRL will continue tracking these issues and advocate for the best interests of academic and research libraries, if necessary. Read the complete legislative agenda for more details. |
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