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Library Legislative Day

2020 - Virtual

Library Legislative Day Virtual reboot in 2020!  May 12, 13, & 14  

MLA/MSLA Library Legislative Day, four online sessions were offered:
May 12, 10:00 a.m. – featuring Western Massachusetts Library Advocates, CW/MARS 
May 13, 10:00 a.m. – featuring Central Massachusetts Library Advocates, CW/MARS
May 14, 10:00 a.m. – featuring libraries from Boston, Metrowest, and North of Boston May 14, 11:30 a.m. – featuring libraries from South of Boston, the Cape and Islands  

​1-hour sessions included: Welcome and overview  Jennifer Harris, Chair, MLA Legislative Committee Regional Welcome & Introduction, WMLA/CMLA (May 12th & 13th) Legislative Agenda Briefing James Lonergan, Director, MBLC MSLA Briefing Greg Pronevitz, Director of Outreach, MSLA  Remarks from Legislator, member of Library Caucus Call to Action Roland Ochsenbein, Chairman of the Board, MBLC Formal session ends, optional overview of Engage software for those who wish to remain on the call

Following the online session email and/or call your legislators!  ​
The legislative priority for the FY2021 budget is State Aid to Public Libraries (Budget Line 7000-9501). Come prepared! Read more about the Legislative Agenda.   Don’t know who your legislators are? Click here to find out.
Click here to send an ENGAGE invitation asking your legislator to attend your session.    Share the love by using #supportMAlibraries in your social media posts.

Legislation Day 2018 on March 7, 2018 at the Massachusetts State House
Library Legislation Day











​SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVOCATE AWARD 2018
John Palfrey (center) received the MSLA award from MSLA President, Anita Cellucci (left) and Kathy Lowe, MSLA Executive Director (right) at the 2016 Library Legislation Day.


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The Legislative Special Commission on School Library Services in Massachusetts was created by the Massachusetts Legislature in July 2014 to look at equity of access to school library programs in our public schools. The Commission completed its work in March 2018 and presented it to legislators at the 2018 Legislation Day.
The Commission has issued the following report:
  • The Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access for Students in the Commonwealth
*John Palfrey is the Head of School at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Digital Public Library of America, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and is a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His research and teaching focus primarily on Internet law, intellectual property, and the potential of new technologies to strengthen democracies locally and around the world. His most recent book, BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google, argues that libraries are more than just book repositories and can become" bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information."  ​

Updated: May 16, 2020                          Page Editor: Ann Perham, MSLA Webmaster aperham@maschoolibraries.org
The Massachusetts School Library Association  works to ensure every school has a school library program that is fully integrated at all grade levels across the curriculum and has a significant and measurable impact on student achievement….Read more…..and Learn more about MSLA

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P.O. Box 336. Wayland, MA 01778
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