Is the American Library Association asking for stimulus funding?
Yes, America’s public libraries will need Congress to provide stimulus funding to continue to assist America’s working families during this economic crisis. Funding for libraries included in an economic stimulus package could help ensure our libraries are able to sustain current activities and even expand critical efforts to help people from every walk of life deal with our current economic situation. Public libraries need an infusion of funding to continue these vital services in communities across the nation. Policymakers must re-think federal support to public libraries in these tough economic times. How will stimulus funding be allocated? While it is up to Congress to decide how the funding will be used and distributed, ALA is suggesting that the funding be used to keep libraries open during the hours when people need them most as well as to keep libraries staffed with employees who can help the public learn how to use the Internet to look for work by aiding them with searching and
