http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/09/17/cut-and-paste-nih-public-access-policy-message-to-senate-updated/ What Is the Sound of One E-Print Downloading? Wed, 09 May 2012 09:17:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/09/17/cut-and-paste-nih-public-access-policy-message-to-senate-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-43826 Kara Malenfant Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:34:00 +0000 http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/09/17/cut-and-paste-nih-public-access-policy-message-to-senate-updated/#comment-43826 ALA and ACRL recommend that you personalize your messages to Congress. The ALA alert contains talking points, instead of a form letter, and we hope you will use them to construct your own message. There is a huge issue right now with Congressional offices disregarding stock emails and letters. (In fact, over half of Congressional staffers <a href="”http://www.cmfweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&item”" rel="nofollow">believe</a> the form-emails they receive from constituents are sent without the constituents' knowledge.) We encourage you to show your legislators the real effect that this legislation will have on people in your community. Personal stories bring the message to life. For help, read <a href="”" rel="nofollow">tips on telling an effective story</a> from the ALA Washington Office. ALA and ACRL recommend that you personalize your messages to Congress. The ALA alert contains talking points, instead of a form letter, and we hope you will use them to construct your own message. There is a huge issue right now with Congressional offices disregarding stock emails and letters. (In fact, over half of Congressional staffers believe the form-emails they receive from constituents are sent without the constituents’ knowledge.) We encourage you to show your legislators the real effect that this legislation will have on people in your community. Personal stories bring the message to life. For help, read tips on telling an effective story from the ALA Washington Office.

]]> http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/09/17/cut-and-paste-nih-public-access-policy-message-to-senate-updated/comment-page-1/#comment-43619 Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Cambridge - petermr’s blog » Blog Archive » US citizens: act! Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:26:18 +0000 http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2007/09/17/cut-and-paste-nih-public-access-policy-message-to-senate-updated/#comment-43619 [...] Bailey has solved this problem with a strong, ready-to-paste message based on public texts (in particular, this one and this one) [...] [...] Bailey has solved this problem with a strong, ready-to-paste message based on public texts (in particular, this one and this one) [...]

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