On Thursday, June 30th the Oregon Legislative Assembly adjourned its 2011 regular session. Interim meeting dates for the remainder of 2011 and 2012 haven’t yet been formalized, but a tentative calendar (pdf) of these dates has been published. If you want to find documents that were part of the 2011 regular session, you can do [...]
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In the beginning of May I had the opportunity to visit Washington, DC and participate in National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). What a great experience, not only to visit the warmth of the sun, but also to make legislative office visits and tell staff what matters to us and to library users in Oregon. The title [...]
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That’s right, in less than a week library advocates from all over the country will flood Washington, DC to advocate for libraries and library issues. But it’s not just the people who travel to speak to their legislators who make a difference, it is all of us. On Tuesday, May 10th and even during the [...]
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In addition to the programs offered by ACRL at OLA, there were a few events hosted by OLA’s Legislative Committee. On Wednesday, a free “pre-conference/workshop” was offered to tour the Capitol, observe a hearing, and get an overview of the legislative issues that were hot that week. Arriving on time for the tour, our schedule [...]
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Got Government Data? Not Anymore! (For full article click this link) by Barbie E. Keiser Less than 2 years ago (on June 4, 2009, to be precise), Laura Gordon-Murnane wrote an Information Today NewsBreak describing an experiment in making government datasets available to the public, including scientists and researchers, at the then-new Data.gov website. Last [...]
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Today is OLA’s Legislative Day! Please help spread the message to our state legislators that libraries are of the utmost importance. Make a phone call, write an e-mail, and encourage your colleagues and friends to do so. Use the e-mail template that was posted on Friday to write to your legislators directly. (Find your legislator) [...]
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Just a reminder that Monday is OLA Legislative day. If you’re unable to go to Salem to visit with your representatives, please visit them virtually and participate in other virtual ways. How? Use the following e-mail template to address the issues facing libraries in our state. (The e-mail template appears after the cut.) If you [...]
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It’s January 10th and today marks the beginning of the 76th Oregon Legislative Session. This is a great time to brush up on our civics lessons either by tuning into the streaming audio of the session (available from the Legislature Home Page) or by taking a peek at the citizen resources posted on the Legislature’s [...]
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Fast approaching is OLA’s Legislative Day. Mark your calendars for February 7th to head to Salem, make virtual visits and phone calls, to speak to your state representatives about issues that are important to you and your library patrons. Details about Legislative Day’s schedule are posted to the OLA Legislative Network Wiki. There will be [...]
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As you’ve probably seen from a variety of listservs, the Museum and Library Services Act (S.3984) is going to vote TOMORROW in the House of Representatives! This act provides the funding necessary to keep the Institute of Museum and Library Services afloat, including all of those LSTA projects. As a reminder you can check out [...]
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