Become a Library Advocate
Public libraries – and your freedom to read and access information in your local library – are under renewed threat from budget cuts on the state level and attacks on government institutions on the federal level.
Your voice is needed to let our state and federal representatives know that libraries are an integral part of an informed and prosperous community and that library funding is crucial to bringing programs and services to all.
Please click on the links below to advocate for your library, and libraries nationwide.
Become a Library Advocate
To receive e-mail alerts when your action is needed to act on behalf of libraries, provide your information below. Advocating for your library services is quick, simple and timely, and there is no cost to you.
Advocacy Questions Answered
What is the IMLS? How does the potential elimination of Federal E-Rate program funding affect internet access for schools and libraries? What is the New York State Library, what does it do and how will its elimination affect our local libraries?
Contact Your Congressman
To learn more about the IMLS and federal E-Rate funding and to send a letter to our local Congressional representative, click aquí. (Please be sure to add date and your name and address before printing.)
Judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries
ALA’s Statement on the Elimination of IMLS
Read the American Library Association’s statement on the termination of IMLS grants. Please contact you state and federal representative and urge them to continue to fund libraries across the nation. We need your support!
2025 Legislative Session
The 2025 Legislative Session is in full swing and New York’s library community needs your help to secure key budgetary and legislative wins in the coming months. Learn more about important library legislation and what’s at stake.
More Resources
The New York Library Association (NYLA) is devoted to the promotion of library interests across the state.
ALA is the largest and most respected membership association in the world for the library industry. It is a community of people working together to ensure that libraries remain vital centers of literacy, access, and opportunity.
The Freedom to Read Foundation supports the community in ensuring access to books and information, challenging book bans and supporting libraries nationwide.
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