Ask Your Senators to Support Funding for Childhood Literacy and
the Library Services and Technology Act
the Library Services and Technology Act
It's officially appropriations season in Washington, D.C. and literacy and library funding needs your support! Please call your two U.S. Senators and ask them to sign two separate “Dear Colleague” letters that support funding for literacy and libraries.
The first letter supports funding for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Grant in FY13. This grant is crucial because at least half of it would go to low-income school libraries to help update their books and materials. If your senator is a Democrat, ask him or her to contact the office of Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) to sign the childhood literacy letter. If your senator is a Republican, ask him or her to contact the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to sign the childhood literacy letter.
The second letter supports funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in FY13. LSTA is the primary source of funding for libraries in the federal budget. If your senator is a Democrat, ask him or her to contact the office of Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) to sign on to the LSTA letter. If your senator is a Republican, ask him or her to contact the office of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) to sign on to the LSTA letter.
For more information, please visit the American Library Association's Legislative Action Center. You will also be able to find your Senators' phone numbers simply by typing in your zip code.
The deadline for signing these two letters is March 26, so please call before then. Make sure Congress knows how important libraries are to your community!
