support public access to health information, the National Library of Medicine and NIH

Action Alert: Support increased funding for the NIH and public access to health information

The House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education is expected to mark-up its fiscal year 2008 funding bill during the week of June 4. This bill provides annual appropriations for biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the National Library of Medicine.

You are encouraged to contact members of the House Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee and your own member of the House of Representatives to ask them to support a 6.7% funding increase for NIH, to provide the resources necessary to construct a new facility for the National Library of Medicine, and to make the NIH public access policy that requires authors to submit their articles into PubMed Central as soon as possible, but no later than 12 months, mandatory.

Download the complete action alert (PDF, 30KB), including background and contact information.

library activism opportunity in DC, Mon June 25th

American Library Association
Washington Office Newsline

ALAWON
Volume 16, Number 064
June 4, 2007
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Volunteers Needed for Library Day on the Hill
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The ALA Washington Office is seeking 50 volunteers for
Library Day on the Hill <http://www.ala.org/dayonthehill>!
Volunteers will have the unique opportunity to join
thousands of librarians who will walk the corridors of
Capitol Hill and show the value of libraries to
Members of Congress. A description of volunteer posts and
duties appears below.


Volunteers are needed to:
1. Greet participants and direct them to buses;
2. Distribute free T-shirts;
3. Direct participants to Congressional Office Buildings;
4. Distribute informational handout to event participants;
5. Be in front of each Congressional Building directing
participants to their representatives' offices and answer questions.

Two training and briefing sessions will be held for volunteers on
Monday, June 25, in the Convention Center, Room 204-C.
* First Session: 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
* Second Session: 2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

For more information on volunteering or to volunteer please send an
email to Erin Haggerty at ehaggerty@alawash.org.
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