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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks to all of you who signed the petition! Even with reaching the goal, more people can sign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] ALA President Molly Raphael needs your help with this White House Petition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">This morning we reached 25,000 signatures for the White House Petition to "ensure that every child in America has access to an effective
school library program." Thanks to everyone who signed and spread the message far and wide to get the critical number of signatures required for this petition to reach the Obama administration. It's not too late if you or others haven't signed! Let's show
numbers that will be noticed as strong support for all students to have school library programs for 21st century learning.
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<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sylvia K. Norton</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> American Library Association [ola@ala.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 27, 2012 1:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Norton, Sylvia<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ALA President Molly Raphael needs your help with this White House Petition</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">I hope that by now you have heard about AASL President Carl Harvey’s
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMDg3MDYzJnA9MSZ1PTEwMDczOTQwMTkmbGk9OTkyOTQ2Ng/index.html" target="_blank">
<b>White House Petition on School Libraries</b></a>. 25,000 signatures are needed by
<b>February 4, 2012</b>, in order for this petition to reach the desk of the President. We are more than halfway there, but time is running out! In addition to signing the petition, please take these steps to ensure that this petition is a success:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Work with local educational groups, including the local PTA or PTO, and ask them to mount a signing campaign;</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Work with other community groups and ask them to get involved.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">School libraries are everyone’s issue. Cuts in staffing or elimination of school library programs in a specific community affect all libraries in that community, whether it’s the public library now tasked with serving
a school curriculum, or higher education librarians teaching remedial information literacy skills. In order for any of us to succeed, we must be willing to work on these issues together to support our broader library eco-system. Please get involved and help
create awareness about the need to ensure that every student has access to an effective school library program.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Please note that the petition is a two-step process. You have to create an account, and then return to the web page to sign. We’ve heard reports that it’s also temperamental: if you have trouble signing, please try
working in a different browser, or try in off-peak hours. It might not be easy but please be persistent! Our school library programs, and the children we serve, are so worth it.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Let’s show the world that we can mobilize people to speak out for libraries. Anyone 13 or older can
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMDg3MDYzJnA9MSZ1PTEwMDczOTQwMTkmbGk9OTkyOTQ2Ng/index.html" target="_blank">
<b>sign the petition</b></a>. Help us make this an issue that commands attention. Thank you in advance for your efforts.
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<p><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#EF4035">Sincerely,<br>
Molly Raphael</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#EF4035"><br>
2011 - 2012 ALA President</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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