Interesting US legislation

April 18, 2007 press release on the ALA site:

LIBRARIAN Act of 2007 introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON ...coinciding with National Library Workers Day, the Librarian Incentive to Boost Recruitment and Retention in Areas of Need (LIBRARIAN) Act of 2007 was introduced in both the U.S. Senate (S. 1121) and the House of Representatives (H.R. 1877)....“Librarians play an essential role in our schools and public libraries and help to foster a lifelong love of reading in our young people,” stated Sen. Reed. “With a shortage of librarians across the country and with many more set to retire, we must urgently encourage more people to enter the library science field and work to retain valuable librarians who are already serving our communities.”

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