This paper urges teachers and librarians to join hands and make their voices heard prior to the convening of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS) in July 1991. Issues librarians should consider include how libraries can more effectively support formal literacy education; assist greater numbers of learners and their volunteer tutors; help people whose primary language is not English; cooperate with other agencies in community information and referral; use new technologies to serve learners; help people develop coping skills; extend literacy and other services to minorities, to people in penal institutions, and to rural populations; and mobilize community, state, and federal action in behalf of literacy. To this end, librarians can: (1) contact their state library to determine whether the state is holding a pre-WHCLIS conference; (2) secure the names of individuals responsible for WHCLIS planning; (3) apprise the president of the state library association and of the International Reading Association of an interest in literacy and willingness to provide input to WHCLIS pre-conferences; and (4) sponsor speakers representing the various WHCLIS program teams at schools, churches, libraries, professional organizations, and clubs. (4 references) (SD)