Oppose FY 2009 Budget Cuts to the US National Agricultural Library
From SLA’s Legislative Action Center:
Please contact your members of Congress today and ask them to OPPOSE the proposed FY2009 budget cuts to the National Agricultural Library (NAL). The President's FY2009 budget request of 18 million dollars for US National Agricultural Library is 4 million dollars (18.8%) less then the 2008 budget, and 6 million dollars (25%) less the 2007 budget.The NAL is the largest agricultural library in the world and has been serving agriculture since 1862. Established by Congress, its mission, stated simply, is "to ensure and enhance access to agricultural information for a better quality of life." NAL's work in collecting, preserving, and making agricultural information available is fundamental to the continued well being and growth of U.S. agriculture, and the development of food supplies for the nation and the world.