ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 15, Number 50 Date: May 8, 2006 In This Issue: National Library Legislative Day 2006-Thank You for Participating! The Washington Office would like to extend a special thanks to the librarians, friends of libraries, trustees, patrons and many library supporters who contributed to and participated in National Library Legislative Day 2006! This year over 525 participants from 47 states came to Washington D.C. to speak with their Members of Congress about the needs of libraries in the areas of funding, telecommunications, copyright and government information. Also, many library supporters participated in Virtual Federal Library Legislative Day by calling, faxing letters, and emailing Congress on May 1st and 2nd. States that organized a Virtual Federal Library Legislative Day include: Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Your help and support during National Library Legislative Day has and will continue to make a positive impact on libraries across the nation. We would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous contributions to National Library Legislative Day 2006. National Library Legislative Day could not happen without your help: Congress of Academic Library Directors (Maryland) Friends of Libraries U.S.A Idaho Library Association Illinois Library Association Indiana Library Federation Iowa Library Association Idaho Library Association Joan Ress Reeves Kansas Library Association Missouri Library Association Montana Library Association Nebraska Regional Library Systems Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, Inc. Oregon Library Association South Carolina Library Association Tennessee Library Association Texas Library Association South Carolina Library Association South Dakota Library Association Wisconsin Library Association Wyoming Library Association Sandy Schuckett Maryland Library Association Save the Date for 2007 and 2008! Believe it or not, we are already making arrangements for National Library Legislative Day 2007. Although you might not be involved as a state coordinator in 2007, we are providing information about the event to help you begin to coordinate arrangements for your state delegation as early as possible: National Library Legislative Day 2007, Tuesday &Wednesday (May 1st & 2nd). The briefing day will be held at the Holiday Inn on the Hill. National Library Legislative Day 2008, Tuesday & Wednesday (May 13th & 14th). The briefing day will be held at the Holiday Inn on the Hill. Each year the Washington office reserves a room block at a discounted rate that is available until the block is filled. The block fills early, so you may want to make your reservations as soon as possible. In 2008, Legislative Day will be held during the second week in May because a city-wide convention will occupy all available hotel and conference room space in D.C. and Virginia during the first week of May. We are anticipating that the convention will cause area hotels to fill quickly, and so we encourage you to make your 2008 hotel reservations as early as possible. Please feel free to contact Erin Haggerty (ehaggerty@alawash.org ) in the Washington Office if you would like more information about National Library Legislative Day. ****** 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.