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Strategize Comments on Digital Equity for State Planners

Posted By Kara Malenfant May 10, 2023 01:56 PM
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Please join if you like and feel free to share with your chapters and other networks. >>> Strategize Comments on Digital Equity for State Planners https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/strategize-comments-on-digital-equity-for-state-planners/ Unprecedented digital equity funding is coming for ...

Strategize Comments on Digital Equity for State Planners

Posted By Kara Malenfant May 10, 2023 01:52 PM
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Please join if you like and feel free to share via your networks. >>> Strategize Comments on Digital Equity for State Planners https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/strategize-comments-on-digital-equity-for-state-planners/ Unprecedented digital equity funding is coming for community organizations ...

digital equity funding - encourage communication

Posted By Kara Malenfant Apr 20, 2023 05:26 PM
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Together with ALA, ACRL is working to raise awareness around digital equity funding opportunities (also shared via ACRL FB and Twitter) for community organizations – including academic libraries – to provide broadband/devices, build information/digital literacy skills, and support workforce development ...

digital equity funding - raise awareness?

Posted By Kara Malenfant Apr 20, 2023 05:18 PM
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Dear ACRL Government Relations Committee members, I'm reaching out today about some work we've been doing with ALA colleagues around the Digital Equity Act, which offers unprecedented funding (see also in enewsletter format, below, and shared via FB and Twitter) for community organizations – including ...

FW: Register for Thursday's Public Policy Pop-Up

Posted By Kara Malenfant Nov 15, 2022 12:00 PM
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Could be of interest as you turn towards drafting the 2023 legislative agenda. From: American Council on Education Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:06 AM To: Kara Malenfant Subject: Register for Thursday's Public Policy Pop-Up Join us on Thursday, November 17 to get the latest ...

FW: Public Policy Pop-Up: Higher Ed Policy Predictions for the Fall

Posted By Kara Malenfant Sep 21, 2022 01:30 PM
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Thought this session may be of interest to you all. Kara J. Malenfant, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) | ACRL Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives Association of College & Research Libraries | 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1300 | Chicago, IL 60601-7616 | 312.280.2510 | 1.800.545.2433, ext. 2510 | kma ...

RE: ACRL Legislative Agenda 2022 - board approval and final language

Posted By Kara Malenfant Jun 15, 2022 11:34 AM
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Hello! This is up on ACRL Insider and scheduled for social media now. It was a tad too late for yesterday's ACRL Update email newsletter but will it there in 2 weeks. https://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/acrl-sets-2022-legislative-agenda/ ------------------------------ Kara Malenfant Senior Strategist ...

RE: ACRL Legislative Agenda 2022 - board approval and final language

Posted By Kara Malenfant Jun 14, 2022 09:35 AM
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An FYI to let you know that, in the coming days, staff will be announcing through the ACRLInsider blog and from there all the other standard ACRL communication channels. But there's no reason you can't share with your own contacts and colleagues. ------------------------------ Kara Malenfant Senior ...

RE: FYI, coalition letter on public access to federally-funded research

Posted By Kara Malenfant May 06, 2022 09:35 AM
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As a related follow up, on April 29 ACRL joined 7 other members of the Open Access Working Group (representing national and regional library, publishing, funding, research and advocacy organizations) in a coalition letter urging Senator Cornyn to protect the provision ensuring that taxpayers are guaranteed ...

RE: DRAFT ACRL Legislative Agenda 2022

Posted By Kara Malenfant Apr 28, 2022 10:30 AM
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And Carrie, to clarify next steps, once you all have final text, I'll send to my colleague to copy edit for grammar, spelling, etc. You'll review all of those to ensure no meaning was changed, then send it to the ACRL Board for review and vote. So, it is still a few weeks away from having an approved ...

ALA Launches #FundLibraries Campaign

Posted By Kara Malenfant Apr 04, 2022 09:54 AM
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A call for action, below, from ALA Public Policy and Advocacy colleagues in DC. Please do take a few minutes to support funding for U.S. libraries: ALA has launched our annual federal #FundLibraries campaign with the release of the "Dear Appropriator" letters in support of the federal Library Services ...

FYI, coalition letter on public access to federally-funded research

Posted By Kara Malenfant Mar 31, 2022 02:07 PM
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Dear ACRL Government Relations Committee, Legislation that would codify agency policies on public access to federally-funded research is moving forward in Congress. As part of the Open Access Working Group (OAWG, convened by SPARC), ACRL joined 11 other members (representing national and regional ...

RE: DRAFT ACRL Legislative Agenda 2022

Posted By Kara Malenfant Mar 16, 2022 04:49 PM
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Thanks, Erik, for sending this over. I'll take a quick read tomorrow and add in any comments/suggestions then send on to my colleagues at ALA Public Policy and Advocacy in Washington, D.C. I don't know their workload at the moment but expect we're likely to hear back within a week or two with notes about ...

FW: Public Policy Pop-Up: State of the (Higher Education) Union

Posted By Kara Malenfant Feb 15, 2022 03:01 PM
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FYI, this may be of interest to you. From: American Council on Education Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:22 AM To: Kara Malenfant Subject: Public Policy Pop-Up: State of the (Higher Education) Union Join us on Tuesday, February 22, to get the latest in higher ed public policy. ...

$10 billion available for library construction and broadband

Posted By Kara Malenfant Dec 02, 2021 10:09 AM
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Dear ACRL Chapter leaders, Passing along information from ALA Public Policy and Advocacy; please help us spread the word in your states! While the focus of the program is on connectivity for the public, some of you may be active in your state associations or have ties to your state librarians and ...

$10 billion available for library construction and broadband

Posted By Kara Malenfant Dec 02, 2021 10:08 AM
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Dear ACRL Government Relations Committee, Passing along information from ALA Public Policy and Advocacy; please help us spread the word in your states! While the focus of the program is on connectivity for the public, some of you may be active in your state associations or have ties to your state ...

Apply for ALA Policy Corps - office hours 11/22

Posted By Kara Malenfant Nov 17, 2021 12:06 PM
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Dear ACRL Government Relations Committee members, Please consider applying for the ALA Policy Corps and see details, below about virtual office hours on Monday to learn more. Also, committee member Ray Pun is a member, and I'm guessing he'd be happy to chat about his experience if you were to reach ...

good news for libraries from D.C.

Posted By Kara Malenfant Nov 08, 2021 11:43 AM
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Dear ACRL government relations committee members, The passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act bodes well for our community. It includes $2.75 in the Digital Equity Act, and libraries of all types are eligible for this funding. This is by far the largest amount ever made available for ...

ALA seeks Policy Corps members

Posted By Kara Malenfant Oct 27, 2021 04:52 PM
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Good afternoon everyone. You've likely seen this in one or another of ALA's channels, but in case not, I wanted to share and ask that YOU share information about recruiting the next cohort of Policy Corps members: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/10/ala-seeks-applicants-national-policy-corps ...

your help: academic libraries as research facilities

Posted By Kara Malenfant Oct 08, 2021 02:02 PM
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Dear ACRL Government Relations Committee members, Together with staff colleagues at ALA Public Policy and Advocacy, we at ACRL are seeking exemplars from library practitioners about academic libraries as research facilities. With thanks to ACRL members leaders of the Research and Scholarly Environment ...