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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> ALA Washington Office <districtdispatch@alawash.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 22, 2017 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steven Bowers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Three more days to save federal library funding</font>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:24px; line-height:115%; text-align:left; color:black; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold">Advocacy Alert:
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:24px; line-height:115%; text-align:left; color:black; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal">#SaveIMLS</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Deadline extended - three extra days to save federal library funding!</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The deadline for the Senate "Dear Appropriator" letters has been extended to May 24th! That means you have three more days
to convince your senators to support FY 2018 funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program<strong>.</strong></span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As of this morning, 35 senators have signed the LSTA letter, and 28 have signed the IAL letter. Not sure if your Senators
have signed? <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxd32gnTO2QIZIUX3NMZmGtEtfxsVMBLeZFKYRMWho29tEV4Koaw8QRCzLnKqSQlT5pVAQp20j7NU0YoDhJmAvz1FwXvJ8m1jEmfMsMzIN93wyHAFlidj_UrQz4aNzl1zjfxf0BsBajCAX_IjKEnRFXbpMtIq0GSGLt18Zlly5fiWrqV2ce_ORi5YPfHZBxS5h5GXDKAvbzXc_bObClk-ssg&lp=0">
Check our handy database</a>!</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When you call, ask them to "please support federal library funding by signing both the Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) "Dear Appropriator" letters being circulated by Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island."</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Between LSTA and IAL, $213 million in current federal library funding is at risk.</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ALA's
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Legislative Action Center </a>has everything you need to identify your Senators and to tell him or her to sign the LSTA and IAL "Dear Appropriator" letters being circulated to protect both of these critical programs in the FY 2018 federal budget.</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Not sure what LSTA and IAL are all about? Visit District Dispatch for
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