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Advocacy Task Force
The Colorado Association of Libraries has a new Advocacy Task Force.  It is a continuation of the BHAG public library campaign which took place last year in Colorado.  This Task Force will focus on academic libraries next year. Our focus this year is on School Libraries. 


News

School librarian positions are being cut from school districts across the state.  We need the common bond,  voice, and power of all librarians to help advocate for school library positions.  The CAL Advocacy Task Force, with the help and support of Sharon Morris and Becky Russell at the State Library has created a toolkit for school library advocacy. 

Please use the following link to our school library advocacy toolkit:
http://casl.wordpress.com/school-librarian-advocacy-project/school-library-advocacy-toolkit/

It is more important than ever for us to find non-librarians to speak up for libraries.  Here is more sad news for libraries that occurred in Washington DC recently.  “The Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program was zeroed out under the Department of Education’s allocation for FY2011 funding (PDF), released today.”  See the full story at this link: http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7200

If you have questions, comments, or ideas please contact Linda Conway

Contact Information
Shannon O'Grady
Colorado Library Consortium
Centennial, CO
sogrady@clicweb.org