National Library Legislative Day Travel/Participation Award Tim King 2008-01-29T19:58:58Z 2008-01-29T19:58:58Z

The [url http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/]ALA Washington Office[/url] recently emailed notification of a new award that seemed especially relevant to this discussion area:<br /><br />To any applicants: Good luck!<br />============<br /><br />The ALA Washington Office in conjunction with the White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce &#040;WHCLIST&#041; is pleased to announce that a monetary award has been created to help pay for a participant to attend National Library Legislative Day &#040;NLLD&#041; held annually in Washington, DC. WHCLIST was an effective force in library advocacy nationally, statewide, and locally, following the White House Conferences of 1979 and 1991.<br /><br />Criteria:<br /><br />* The award is in the amount of $300.00.<br />* The recipient should be a library supporter &#040;trustee, Friend, general supporter&#041;, not a professional librarian.<br />* Priority will be given to those who are first&#045;time attendees to National Library Legislative Day.<br />* Recipient should include a letter of reference from a library director, school librarian, trustee board Chair, Friends Group Chair, or other library person.<br />* Recipient must be willing to continue to advocate for library services.<br />* The Washington Office will contact the recipient’s Senators and Member of Congress to announce the award.<br />* Two WHCLIST leaders and one member of the Washington Office staff will choose the recipient each year.<br /><br />ALA and WHCLIST are committed to ensuring that the American people get the best library services possible. These funds will be used to further those efforts.<br /><br />If you or someone you know might be interested, please send a letter explaining why you should be chosen, your letter of reference, and a completed NLLD registration form to:<br /><br />Rosalind Reynolds<br />Government Relations Specialist<br />1615 New Hampshire Ave, NW<br />First Floor<br />Washington, DC 20009<br />rreynolds@alawash.org<br />202&#045;628&#045;8419<br /><br />Deadline for nominations is April 18, 2008. <br /><br />The NLLD registration form can be found at the Washington Office’s NLLD [url http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washevents/nlld/registrationa/registration.cfm] web page.[/url]<br /><br />For more information on NLLD, please visit [url http://www.ala.org/nlld] www.ala.org/nlld [/url]

Tim King 2008-01-29T19:58:58Z