• Fiber to the Library: How Public Libraries Can Benefit From Using Fiber Optics for their Broadband Internet Connections (pdf)

• Emily Sheketoff of the ALA Washington Office has written an article for American Libraries about how libraries can benefit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

   

• American Library Association: What Libraries Should Know About ARRA

• Talking Points on the Value of Library Services
  • Libraries Work for Florida (under development)
  • The Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times: ALA President Jim Rettig (podcast, The Diane Rehm Show, 0:51:16)
  • ALA ARRA Talking Points (PDF, 2 pages)
  • ALA Stimulus Funding: Libraries Helping America Get Back to Work (PDF, 2 pages)
  • Top Ten Things You Can Do Now...To Get Broadband Stimulus for Your Library (PDF, 2 pages)

• ALA Washington Office to host biweekly conference calls with ALA’s Chapters to discuss stimulus

• Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit (ALA)

• Presentation from the American Library Association ARRA Summit held May 12, 2009 (PPT, 550KB)

• Frequently Asked Questions: Broadband Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (PDF)

          From the Wisconsin State Library, May 18, 2009