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Guide to Community Support Resources

Spotlight: Video promotion

Do you have a great example of how your library was able to advocate for support and funding? The Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Virginia does. They created a great video called "Who Needs the Library" to show local decision makers and to help better tell the story of the library and the users who depend on library services.

Communicate the library's value

Advocacy Brainstorm: ideas collected from the Rural Library Sustainability project
The Advocacy Campaign: Friends of the Library USA lays out the process
Everyday Library Advocacy (webinar archive)
Game Plan: Preparing for Effective Advocacy: how to prepare to advocate for your library
Show them what you're worth! Practical Resources for Advocacy (webinar archive)

Connect with stakeholders

Be There, Be Visible, Be in the Know: get your library a place at the community table
Getting a Seat at the Table
Getting on Your Community's Leadership Team: an excerpt from "The Library Board Strategic Guide: Going to the Next Level"
Key Decision Makers: from the MaintainIT Planning for Success Cookbook

Promote lifelong learning @ the library

Creating Positively Passionate Customers and Advocates
Information Literacy and Public Libraries: an essential role
Rural Libraries as Place (PPT): bringing people together at the library
A Knowledge Centre for the Community: a new role for Australian public libraries

Visit the Documents and Discussions tabs here and in the Rural & Small Libraries section for the full selection of resources on this topic.

And remember, if you have a good example of something that worked well for your library, you can publish your own article directly to this topic page.