The Vermont Library Association is now accepting applications for the Librarian Relief Fund. The deadline to apply is February 15th, 2012. Please contact VLA President Joe Farara with any questions, Joseph.Farara@jsc.edu.
Librarian Relief Fund Application (PDF)
Librarian Relief Fund Application (DOC)
The Vermont Library Association Librarian Relief Fund assists librarians who suffered personal property damages as a result of Hurricane Irene. Many of our colleagues need support beyond what is offered them by governmental agencies, so please donate generously to their cause.
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on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 9:34 am in the Academic Libraries, Advocacy, News, Personnel, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Support Staff, Urgent Action category.
WASHINGTON (Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday introduced legislation to extend expiring provisions authorized by the USA PATRIOT Act. The provisions are set to expire on February 28.
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on Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 11:08 am in the Advocacy, Blogroll, C&SL, IFC, News, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Uncategorized, Urgent Action category.
Call now to support library funding!
Please call your Representative in Washington today and ask him/her to sign onto two letters circulating around Congress. The deadline has been extended to March 17, and it is critically important that they sign-on to this letter in the next forty-eight hours.
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on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 11:26 pm in the ALA, Urgent Action, Youth Librarians category.
URGENT MESSAGE TO LIBRARY ADVOCATES:
Please call both of your U.S. Senators to ask each of them to request that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), include the hiring and retaining of librarians in the $18 billion “Jobs Bill” as well.
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on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 12:26 pm in the Advocacy, ALA, Funding Ops, GRC, News, Public Libraries, Urgent Action, Youth Librarians category.
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