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Blogger Nina Lindsay

Calling Everyday Advocates to National Library Legislative Day!

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Nina Lindsay (right) visits with Bethany Hoglund (left) and Bernice Chang (center) at the Bellingham Public Library Children's Room

I’ve just returned from the Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, delivered by Naomi Shihab Nye in Bellingham WA.  You will hear more on this event soon, but you can check it out now on Twitter at #Arbuthnot2018 (and contemplate your application to be the host site for the 2019 lecture with Debbie Reese?  Applications close May 15th). During her talk, which will be published in Children and Libraries, Nye said that she encourages everyone to read obituaries, and shared a little about how many amazing people she has discovered through them. “We don’t have to look far for heroes; but we do have to remember how many there are.” This made me think of the amazing work each of you do every day, in your libraries.  While in Bellingham, I visited the Bellingham Public Library and was impressed at examples of what I know so many of you accomplish: maintaining library environments…

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Blogger Dan Bostrom

Advocate for libraries, today! #vlld14

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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…

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