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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:

To any applicants: Good luck!
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The ALA Washington Office in conjunction with the White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) is pleased to announce that a monetary award has been created to help pay for a participant to attend National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) 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.

Criteria:

* The award is in the amount of $300.00.
* The recipient should be a library supporter (trustee, Friend, general supporter), not a professional librarian.
* Priority will be given to those who are first-time attendees to National Library Legislative Day.
* Recipient should include a letter of reference from a library director, school librarian, trustee board Chair, Friends Group Chair, or other library person.
* Recipient must be willing to continue to advocate for library services.
* The Washington Office will contact the recipient’s Senators and Member of Congress to announce the award.
* Two WHCLIST leaders and one member of the Washington Office staff will choose the recipient each year.

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.

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:

Rosalind Reynolds
Government Relations Specialist
1615 New Hampshire Ave, NW
First Floor
Washington, DC 20009
rreynolds@alawash.org
202-628-8419

Deadline for nominations is April 18, 2008.

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]

For more information on NLLD, please visit [url http://www.ala.org/nlld] www.ala.org/nlld [/url]