Joe Straw, Marietta College

ALAO has budgeted up to $600 for travel support for a member willing to represent ALAO and academic libraries generally at ALA National Legislative Days on May 5-6 2014 in Washington, D.C. Please review this information about the conference from the ALA Washington Office: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld. Please contact Joseph Straw js001@marietta.edu as soon as possible if you are interested in representing ALAO. Provide a brief description of your advocacy activity and issue involvement with ALAO or other civic organizations, plus the name and phone number of a reference who is familiar with your advocacy efforts and interest. For more information about the grant please review this description from the ALAO website: http://www.alaoweb.org/govtrelations/advocatesaward.php. Anyone interested in getting more involved in advocacy efforts is urged to apply. The ALAO representatives will be a part of the Ohio delegation at the conference that will work together to meet with members of the state congressional delegation and/or their staffs.