Monthly Archive for March, 2007Page 3 of 3

April Board Meeting

The next Board meeting will be Wednesday, April 4 at the Wistar Institute.

Volunteers still needed

The conference is right around the corner and we still have many, many empty shifts to fill for the Hospitality Booth and Placement Center.

Please consider volunteering some time during the conference. Remember if you are not registering for the conference you can still attend one day for free if you volunteer for 4 hours.

Here is the link to register:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/forms/biomed/mlareg2.html

If you have any questions please contact Melanie Cedrone.

REAL ID Update

Information from the ALA’s District Dispatch, Repeal REAL ID Act of 2005:

The American Library Association has signed on to letters to the U.S. House of Representatives (Congressman Tom Allen, February 26) and Senate (Senators Akaka and Sununu, February 28) expressing support for efforts to repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005. See the American Library Association’s website for copies of these letters and further reading on the REAL ID Act….

Freedom of Information - Advocate, Celebrate, Participate

FOIA Day

2007 marks the 41st Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act. FOI Day is held annually, on or near James Madison’s Birthday, and celebrates openness in government. This year’s FOI Day will take place on March 16, 2007. To register and read about FOI Day, please visit:

2007 Freedom of Information Day Events

Librarians to Converge on D.C.

Save the Date: Librarians from all disciplines are invited to Washington, DC, for National Library Legislative Day (NLLD).

Check out the future

NLLD is a two-day event, May 1st and 2nd, in which people who care about libraries participate in advocacy and issue training sessions, interact with Capitol Hill insiders, and visit congressional member offices to ask Congress to pass legislation that supports libraries.

NNLD is sponsored by the American Library Association, the Special Libraries Association, and the District of Columbia Library Association. For more information, and to register for this important event: