Louisiana Docs Librarians Participate in National Library Advocacy Day in Washington, DC

On Tuesday, June 29, ALA sponsored a rally and legislative day for attendees at the 2010 Annual Conference in DC. Two of your docs colleagues, myself and Melanie Sims (who is also immediate past-president of Louisiana Library Association) attended the event along with 2000 other library supporters.

Melanie and I were joined by other Louisiana librarians to make up a seven-person delegation to the rally and to visit both of our senators and one of our congressmen on Capitol Hill.

In the photo, left-right: Stephanie Braunstein, Head Government Documents/Microforms, LSU; Felix Unaeze, Director of Library Services, Grambling University; Cecelia Beaubouef, School Librarian, Park Ridge Elementary; Melanie Sims, Government Information Librarian, LSU Law; Joseph Sbisa, Director, Washington Parish Library; Jacqueline Jones, Associate Dean of Learning Resource Center, Baton Rouge Community College; and Marilyn Lee, Head Serial Librarian, Xavier University of Louisiana.