Apr 02 2007
Advocacy
Today, Sen. Arlen Specter visited our school for a Town Meeting on internet predators and on internet safety for kids. When I found out that he was coming, I decided that I would call his office and invite him to stop by my library to see the facility and the woefully inadequate collection. His office did not know what his schedule would be like to know if it was possible, but said that they would speak to the scheduler.
Things were running late, so I did not really expect that he’d be able to make it up to see the library, so I tracked him down to the office after the town meeting and introduced myself and asked him to sign on Sen. Jack Reed’s bill for LSTA funding and the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries funding reauthorization. He told me that his sister is a librarian and he would absolutely support the bill.
I did my good deed for libraries today. 
