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Great news! The Senate Appropriations Committee approved level funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) programs, rejecting the administration’s call to eliminate funding for these important library programs.
Keep up the great work, advocates!
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When President Donald Trump released his preliminary budget proposal for FY18 in March, revealing major cuts to government spending that would have eliminated support for the Institute of Museum and
Good news but the fight for library funding insn’t over.
Final passage of legislation by both chambers of Congress by the end of the FY2017—September 30—is unlikely, according to a post on the American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office’s District Dispatch. In that case, Congress will need to enact a Continuing Resolution, which would fund the government at current levels, to avert a government shutdown on October 1, wrote Kevin Maher, ALA Office of Government Relations assistant director. “'Please be ready to participate in one last grassroots push this fall when your voice is most needed to maintain—and possibly increase—library funding,”he added."
ALA's Washington Office provides tips and actions you can take this week to preserve funding and fight for libraries.
Want to help save library funding? Our Washington Office (@libraryadvocates) have important steps you can take right now. Some are as simple as sending a tweet!
Congress passed an FY2018 omnibus spending bill today that includes significant federal funding increases for our nation’s libraries.
Great news - the FY2018 omnibus spending bill, including significant federal funding increases for our nation's libraries, has been signed! It includes $9 million more in funding for IMLS, including $5.7 million for LSTA, and it restores $27 million for the IAL program!
Our work is never over. But, today, the persistence of library advocates has paid off for every single community in our nation. As ALA President Jim Neal said: "This is a time to honor the power of ALA's advocacy." #FundLibraries
“Advocacy is akin to a muscle,” said Corey D. Williams, a federal lobbyist with the National Education Association. “We are a mile into a marathon. If you only exercise a muscle once, you’re going to pull something. We need to get our advocacy muscles in shape.” ... “We need to be vocal as a library community at this time,” Neal said. “Public libraries, school libraries and higher education libraries are in this together, and therefore if we lose IMLS, we lose LSTA, we lose the literacy funding, that’s a statement about the future of libraries. We need to own that problem collectively now. We will do the hard work in the trenches when we’re working on funding for research and funding for work study, but now is the time to really represent the library community and the things we care about collectively.”
'The Fight of Our Generation' by Carl Straumshiem
Ready to take action to save federal library funding? Visit ala.org/takeaction for talking points, email templates, and resources to help you get started. We only have till April 3rd to ask Representatives to sign the LSTA/IAL “Dear Appropriator” letters and we need as many signatures as we can get!
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Come check out the HUNDREDS of new Maker-books we’ve just added to our collection. Upcycling, Crafting, Art, and Invention. All made possible by the Back to Books Grant from the Illinois State Library.
Funding for this grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
Starting today, two Dear Appropriator letters are circulating in support of federal library funding for FY 2019 for both LSTA and IAL. ALA members need to contact their representatives this week and ask them to sign both letters by the March 19 deadline.
Starting today, two Dear Appropriator letters are circulating in support of federal library funding for FY 2019 for both LSTA and IAL. ALA members need to contact their representatives this week and ask them to sign both letters by the March 19 deadline.
You can help us protect libraries! Use the email templates at ala.org/takeaction to ask your Representative to sign two letters supporting federal library funding.
