ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 15, Number 36 March 9, 2006 In This Issue: 1) Libraries & Hurricane Relief 2)National Library Week – tell us about your events! 1) Libraries & Hurricane Relief The ALA Public Information Office is reaching out to media regarding how the ALA and libraries nationwide are providing hurricane relief assistance and support to hurricane evacuees nationwide. We invite you to tell us what you are doing at your library, which we can share with reporters. To ensure we have the necessary information, please email to Larra Clark at lclark@ala.org with event information provided in this format: Library name Library city/state Short description on hurricane relief efforts, fundraising or local support for evacuees (less than 500 words) Contact name and number for more information Feel free to also attach a press release or other additional information, but please follow this format for basic information. We will be looking for and accepting stories and examples leading up to the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, June 22 to 28. For more information on the conference, please visit www.ala.org/annual. Thanks! 2) National Library Week – tell us about your events! The ALA Public Information Office is reaching out to media nationwide in anticipation of National Library Week, April 2-8. We invite you to tell us what you are doing at your library, which we can share with reporters and post online in our e-press kit. To ensure we have the necessary information, please email to Larra Clark at lclark@ala.org with event information provided in this format: Library name Library city/state Short event title Date and time of event Short description (less than 250 words) Contact name and number for more information Feel free to also attach a press release or other additional information, but this format must be followed to be included online. To see examples from 2005, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/piopresskits/nationallibraryweek2005/20 05nlwevents.htm. For marketing and media materials, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/nlw/NLW.htm Please send event information by March 22. Thanks! ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1615 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., First Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009-2520; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Don Essex, Melanie Anderson, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.