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ALA Washington Office

1615 New Hampshire Ave NW1st Floor
Washington DC 20009-2520

Phone : 202-628-8410
Toll Free Number: 1-800-941-8478
Fax : 202-628-8419

Mission

The American Library Association's Washington Office was established in 1945 to represent libraries on Capitol Hill, and now consists of the Office of Government Relations (OGR) and the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP).

Responsibilities

The ALA Washington Office provides executive leadership and administrative support to OGR and OITP, in addition to conducting media outreach and public relations efforts. The Washington Office also builds coalitions and partnerships with Washington-based representatives of other groups with interests similar to the library community.

Events

Past Events

2009 Annual Conference
July 9-15, 2009
Chicago, IL

Staff

Emily Sheketoff - Executive Director
Email: esheketoff@alawash.org

Office of Government Relations (OGR)

Lynne Bradley - Director
Email: lbradley@alawash.org

Don Essex - Legislative Information Specialist
Email: dessex@alawash.org

Corey Williams - Associate Director
Email: cwilliams@alawash.org

Jessica McGilvray - Assistant Director
Email: jmcgilvray@alawash.org

Kristin K. Murphy - Government Relations Specialist
Email:kmurphy@alawash.org


Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)

Alan S. Inouye - Director
Email:ainouye@alawash.org

Carrie Russell - Director, Program on Public Access to Information
Email: crussell@alawash.org

Carrie Lowe - Director, Program on Networks
Email: clowe@alawash.org

Kathy Mitchell - Project Coordinator
Email: kmitchell@alawash.org

Timothy Vollmer - Information Technology Policy Analyst
Email: tvollmer@alawash.org

Marijke Visser - Information Technology Policy Analyst
Email: mvisser@alawash.org

Communications & Media

Jenni Terry - Press Officer
Email: jterry@alawash.org

Jacob Roberts - Communications Specialist
Email: jroberts@alawash.org

Administration

Pat May - Director, Administration
Email: pmay@alawash.org

Rosalind Reyonalds - Assistant Director, Administration
Email: rreynolds@alawash.org


Legislative Action Center

LAC

Legislative Action Center
 The LAC features updates on all the important library-related legislation making its way through Congress and  allows you to directly contact your Members of Congress. Take action now!

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