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Maureen Sullivan: President Obama’s Budget Gives Libraries $2 Million Boost
ALA President Maureen Sullivan
Today, President Barack Obama released the budget for the 2014 fiscal year, allocating $177 million for assistance to libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
In response to President Obama’s 2014 budget request, American Library Association (ALA) President Maureen Sullivan released the following statement today:
“We congratulate President Obama for supporting our nation’s libraries and the work they do for their communities. The White House Office of Management and Budget has increased the amount of funding for libraries and recognizes the ways that libraries contribute to the economic recovery in their local communities.
While we are very pleased by the $2 million increase in funding for the Library Services and Technology Act, we know that libraries need more federal funding support to continue to be the thriving resource centers and technology hubs that millions rely on for assistance. Funding included in the budget is well below the amount of federal assistance that libraries received during the 2012 fiscal year. We hope the Obama Administration will provide libraries with even more support in the future.”
Read more from Sullivan on the budget
About Jazzy Wright
Jazzy Wright is the Press Officer of the American Library Association's Washington Office. Email her at jwright@alawash.org.
Posted in Digital Literacy, Funding, OGR, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Tagged Barack Obama, budget, LSTA, President's Budget
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The 113th Congress and the Library Community [webinar archive]
The 113th Congress and the Library Community from ALA Washington on Vimeo.
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Pundits and politicians from both parties agree that while the 112th Congress may have averted an immediate plunge over the fiscal cliff through its New Years package of tax extenders and sequestration delays, this debate is nowhere near over. That’s where the 113th Congress comes in. With almost 100 new members of the House and Senate, there are a lot of new faces to meet, greet and persuade on the value of libraries.
Your voice is more important now than ever before. Only you can help stop immediate and dramatic cuts to LSTA, IMLS and other critical funding programs. This webinar provides an update on the fiscal cliff / sequestration situation as well as the policy issues most likely to be considered in the coming year. Perhaps most important, we tell you how best to speak up — and make a difference.
About Jacob Roberts
Jacob Roberts is the communications specialist for the ALA Washington Office.
The Fiscal Cliff, the 113th Congress and You – How Today’s Economic Uncertainty Might Impact the Library Community
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Pundits and politicians from both parties agree that while the 112th Congress may have averted an immediate plunge over the fiscal cliff through its New Years package of tax extenders and sequestration delays, this debate is nowhere near over. That’s where the 113th Congress comes in. With almost 100 new members of the House and Senate, there are a lot of new faces to meet, greet and persuade on the value of libraries.
Your voice is more important now than ever before. Only you can help stop immediate and dramatic cuts to LSTA, IMLS and other critical funding programs. Wait, federal funding isn’t your main concern? How about averting changes to cybersecurity, copyright, broadband and elementary and secondary act policies that will negatively impact libraries around the country?
In short, everyone in the library community should join us for an update on the fiscal cliff / sequestration situation as well as the policy issues most likely to be considered in the coming year. Perhaps most important, we’ll tell you how best to speak up — and make a difference.
| Date: | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| Time: | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST |
About Jacob Roberts
Jacob Roberts is the communications specialist for the ALA Washington Office.
Posted in Copyright, Cybersecurity, Library Advocacy, OGR, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Webinars
