ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 9, Number 98
Month day, 2000

In this issue:
Save the Date! National Library Legislative Day   

Each year hundreds of librarians, friends, and library supporters 
from across the country gather in Washington, DC for National 
Library Legislative Day. Attendees meet with Senators and 
Representatives and gather support for key library issues. Once a 
small gathering attended by a handful of concerned librarians, 
National Library Legislative Day has become one of the essential 
yearly events of the library community:  in 2000, more than 500 
library supporters attended from 49 states.


National Library Legislative Day is April 30 & May 1, 2001
* Tuesday, May 1st is National Library Legislative Day on Capitol  
  Hill
* Monday, April 30th is Legislative Briefing Day at the Holiday 
  Inn on the Hill, 415 New Jersey Ave., N.W.  Washington, D.C. 
  20001. Holiday Inn phone: 202-638-1616 * fax: 202-347-1813 
  reservations: 1-800-638-1116.(When reserving a room, ask for the  
  "ALA rate:"  $156 single; $166 double.)

Put National Library Legislative Day on your Calendar -- join 
hundreds of librarians in Washington!

More information will be forthcoming. 



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