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A Knowledge Centre for the Community: A New Role for the Public Library
Kay Poustie describes public libraries in Australia and the United Kingdom taking on new roles so that they become central to economic development in their communities.
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Advocacy Brainstorm
A list of ideas and resources on advocacy collected from the Rural Library Sustainability workshops, training institutes, and from other discussion areas on WebJunction.
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Advocacy for Trustees
This excerpt from The Successful Library Trustee Handbook describes the types of advocacy Library Board members can provide and offers suggestions for effective advocacy.
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ARSL 2009: Keeping Your Head While Serving the Community
A presentation to the ARSL Annual Conference with George Needham and Chrystie Hill on September 11, 2009.
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Be There, Be Visible, Be in the Know
The first step to building community partnerships that will get your library a place at the table is to make sure your library has a presence on community boards and organizations.
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Creating Positively Passionate Customers and Advocates
This presentation focuses on a strategy mapping process that puts "positively passionate customers and advocates" at the heart of library strategy, operations, and organization.
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Everyday Library Advocacy
Here you will find a link to the archived November 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links. Everyday Library Advocacy-- Advocating for your library does not have to be a strategically planned large-scale event. Advocacy can and should happen every day. Join us to learn how you can turn your customer service policy, internal and external communication plans, and networking agenda into advocacy tools that work for you everyday of the year.
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Game Plan: Preparing for Effective Advocacy
A PowerPoint presentation from the March 2006 workshop, Promoting Public Libraries: Using Data and Advocacy to Build Public Support and Funding. For more nonprofit lobbying and advocacy resources, contact the Alliance for Justice at www.afj.org.
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Getting a Seat at the Table
How do you make sure that your library is well represented and an active participant in the process when resources are allocated for community services? WebJunction members share their experiences and advice.
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Getting on Your Community's Leadership Team
This excerpt from "The Library Board Strategic Guide: Going to the Next Level" explains why a library should be part of its community's leadership and planning team -- and how to get started in that direction.
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How People Should Approach their Representatives and Senators
Beth Edmonds, past Maine Senate President and current director of Freeport Community Library, summarizes key points from a recent speech on how people should approach their representatives and senators to talk about libraries.
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Information Literacy and Public Libraries
The public library's essential role in helping people develop their ability to find and use information.
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InfoSpeak: Leslie Burger - Leading Libraries in a Turbulent Century
Former ALA President Leslie Burger speaks about the mission of libraries, how a personal advocacy of the public interest can bring millions of funding dollars to the service of a fundamentally democratic institution
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Join the Team, Be a Player
Belonging to community boards and organizations is an essential first step to getting a place at the table for your library. But becoming an active member, or even leader can really pay off.
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Key Decision Makers
From the MaintainIT Planning for Success Cookbook section on Planning and Decision Making.
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Rural Libraries as Place PowerPoint
PowerPoint presentation for October 2007 Rural Webinar, Bringing people together at the library: Rural Libraries as Place
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Sample Information Gathering Tools: Surveys, Focus Groups, etc.
Many examples of actual surveys and focus groups used by libraries.
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The Advocacy Campaign
This excerpt from a Friends of Libraries USA publication lays out the process for initiating a library advocacy campaign in your community.
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Using Social Media to Make the Case for Supporting Library Services
Archive and related resources from November 19, 2009, webinar on how non-profits such as libraries can use social websites to put access to information and libraries on the agenda of community leaders, elected officials, and local and national agencies.
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Virtual Bulletin Board Example
Director of the Lake Villa Library District (IL) shares about the Community Hub area of the library's website.
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Why Public Libraries Close
Report on a nationwide study on the impact of public library closures and facility location. Staff interviews and demographics analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) inform impacts on library users and potential markets. Conducted by Florida State University and sponsored by OCLC.
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