http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib Observations, commentary, and announcements on the relationship between libraries and legislation. Occasionally, there could be things to do, too. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:06:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ALA has sent out an urgent call to action: Please contact your Representative and ask him or her to sign the "Dear Colleague" letter being circulated by Congressman Raul Grijalva in support of funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program. The ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2009/04/get-house-support-for-lsta-today/ There's been...well, not progress, exactly, but motion on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. From ALA: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today released an announcement to the Federal Register staying implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) until February 10, 2010.  Click here to read the announcement. Libraries now ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2009/02/cpsia-pushed-back-a-year/ Under 12? No going into the library for you! At least, that seems to be the fear: A federal law that will soon go into effect could have some startling consequences, including the possible banning of children from libraries unless certain books are pulled from the shelves. The law is called the Consumer ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2009/01/are-libraries-going-to-get-a-pg-13-rating/ Just got a great link to information on how libraries can let their communities know of services they have to help folks through tough economic times.  While most have seen the video at the link below,  look farther down the page for pieces of a toolkit that can be used ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2009/01/libraries-value-in-tough-economy/ Greetings Advocates! We have a great advocacy program that was recently posted to the L2 calendar which will be taking place here at North Suburban Library System on February 12, 2009.  Marci Merola, ALA’s Director of the Office for Library Advocacy, will be facilitating a fun dinner- workshop for us.  The ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2009/01/exciting-new-advocacy-program-at-nsls-on-february-12/ Not the best of days for libraries... ILA has sent out their latest ILA Update (not online yet, but when it is it'll be at http://www.ila.org/about/press/2008/update18.html, so keep an eye out) with a recap of the various referenda that libraries put on the ballots this election day, and the results are ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2008/11/referenda-results/ As you may know, the Illinois state Senate reconvened this week to vote on a couple of the governor's vetoes — HB 4527 and SB 2321 — with mixed results for the library community. As ILA reports in ILA Update #13 (not yet on their website): The Illinois Senate just overrode ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2008/09/senate-overrides-a-mixed-bag-for-illinois-libraries/ Governor Blagojevich has been busy this week. As ILA reports, he has signed the Internet Safety Education Curriculum Bill into law, but has vetoed two other library-related bills: a per capita equalization grant bill, and a bill supporting an increase in county law library fees. On the first vetoed bill, ILA's Bob ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2008/08/blagojevich-goes-1-2-on-library-bills/ A bit of news on the internet access front today: The Child Online Protection Act suffers from a slew of fatal flaws that render the law unconstitutional under the First Amendment, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. . . . The unanimous three-judge panel found that COPA's criminal penalties for ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2008/07/copa-struck-down-by-3rd-circuit-court/ Yesterday, July 14th, I attended the DuPage Library System (DLS) Legislative Candidate Breakfast, a version of the recently-held NSLS candidate luncheons. Unlike the NSLS luncheons where our members met with one candidate, DLS opened this event to candidates running in their area, as well as system members.   Though all candidates were invited, ... http://blogs.nsls.info/adlib/2008/07/dls-legislative-candidate-breakfast/