Save Our Libraries More Resources
- Tips for Talking with Your Legislator
- Tips for Working with the Media
- Sample Media Advisory (Word .doc format)
- Sample Media Release (Word .doc format)
- Library Vendors (sample to show the economic impact of local lib aries)
- Beyond Books: Libraries Lend a Hand in Recession - Today Show (video)
- Freeze our Funding Bookmarks
- POWER Library Faces Outages
- Libraries an Economic Lifeline for Jobless Pennsylvanians (PDF) (Word .doc)
- Genealogy and POWER Library Posters (PDF)
- Impact of Senate Bill 850 (PDF) Word.doc
- Dear Library Community from Clare Zales (Deputy Secretary for Libraries)
- Genealogy Threatened by Library Cuts
- Sample Vendor Letter (Word .doc)
- Sample Letter to Editor (PDF) Word .doc
- You Tube Video (Children talking with their Mom about the Library closing)
- Summer Reading Federal Funds Could End
- Letter to the Editor (Allentown Morning Call)
Bookmarks for Printing | Home
Download the PDF files below and print these customized bookmarks for your local area.
The front of the bookmark shows the Library Freeze message on the back is the local State senator and house members that need to be contacted by area for the North Central Library District.
POWER Library Faces Outages
Read More and Take Action: PDF Version | Word doc version (right click to save)Pennsylvanians POWERed up with nearly 50 million POWER Library searches in 2008 (growth of one-third in one year!) POWER Library, a collection of computer-accessed resources including tens of thousands of full text articles, newspapers, photographs, maps, and more, saves at least $40,000 a year for every one of Pennsylvania’s 3000-plus school and public libraries.
With cuts proposed in next year’s state budget, access to these resources will be slashed (H.B. 1416) or eliminated (S.B. 850.)
Students, teachers, parents and school and public librarians are asked to speak up in support of these valuable resources. Please contact your elected state officials and ask that library funds in next year’s budget be level-funded in next year’s budget so that POWER Library can remain a vital tool for teaching and learning while continuing to save money for schools and libraries.