Hello all,
This is National Library Week and libraries need your support!
Libraries provide early literacy and foundational learning resources, leisure reading and lectures, digital access to help bridge the remaining digital divide, community connections, workforce development programs, technology fluency training, and so much more!
Our modern academic libraries exist for the purpose of curating and then sharing resources to enhance the teaching, research, and service missions of our universities. Our SUNY libraries are places for study, research, group gatherings, textbook access, part-time jobs, and fun activities that help students and faculty feel at home on our campuses. Most of our libraries are open to the public, especially those with government document collections - collections that belong to all the people.
From the American Library Association website: "Book challenges and censorship efforts are still on the rise, and federal funding is under threat. These challenges don’t just impact libraries—they impact all of us.
This year, we’re asking you to show up at your library—and show up for your library. Stand with your community to defend the freedom to read and celebrate what makes libraries essential."
- Contact your members of Congress by phone or email and ask them to protect federal library funding.
- Sign up to receive advocacy alerts.
- Become a Supporter of the American Library Association.
The right to an education, and access to the learning resources that education requires, is one of the rights that underpins our efforts to ensure equity for Women in Technology.
All the best,
Holly
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