A Small But Powerful Webinar for Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library

Originally presented December 14, 2011.

Join us for an introduction to the revised edition of the popular Small But Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library, a new toolkit from the American Library Association’s Committee on Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, and the Association for Rural and Small Libraries. This webinar will introduce you to the tips and strategies presented in the toolkit, share the experiences of a rural librarian who has built support for her library, and introduce you to some of the additional advocacy tools and resources from the American Library Association.

Presenters: Susan Pieper, director, Paulding County Carnegie Library (OH) and editor Rural Library Services Newsletter; Marci Merola, director, ALA Office for Library Advocacy; and Jennifer Peterson, community manager at WebJunction, board member, Association for Rural & Small Libraries and chair of ALA Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee.

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Resources and Links:

• Small But Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library
• Association for Rural and Small Libraries (see Susan's coverage of ARSL 2011 Conference)
• Links shared by Jennifer:
  • Digital Picture Frames as Informational Signs from the Swiss Army Librarian
  • How Libraries Stack Up 2010 from OCLC (with ppt templates)
  • Get Your Geek On: Improve Local Funding Outlook through Community Advocacy - webinar archive
  • Community Partner Collaboration Guide
  • Mancos Public Library: website, Facebook page, Google + page, Mancos Friends of the Library Building Project Donation Page and technology manager, Victoria Petersen's blog Emerging Librarian
  • Free fundraising tool, Crowdrise
  • Somers Library
  • Library Calculator Information:Swiss Army Librarian overview (including libraries using a calculator) and code. See how Centerville Library allows for patrons to share how much they save.
  • Centerville Public Library (OH) 2010 Annual Report on YouTube
  • Hartford County Public Library, Communities Thrive @ Your Library
  • U.S. IMPACT Study and Public Library Toolbox
  • Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study and recent webinar archive
  • IMLS Public Libraries in the United States Survey Fiscal Year 2009, released October 2011 and Business Insider slide-show using data from report
  • ALA wiki, Value of Libraries
• Links shared by Susan:
  • Paulding County Library, Facebook page and library use value calculator
  • Ohio Library Snapshot Day 2011
• Links shared by Marci:
  • ALA Advocacy University including:
    • Frontline Advocacy Toolkit
    • Library Snapshot Day and register for 12/19 Library Snapshot Day webinar
    • Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit
    • I Love Libraries
    • 52 Ways to Make a Difference – Public Library Advocacy Throughout the Year (PDF)
    • 23 (Advocacy) Things (Tips) for Frontline Employees (PDF)
  • On Outsourcing and Privatization
  • 2011-2012 Special Presidential Task Force on School Libraries
  • Other ALA OLOS Toolkits:
    • How to Serve the World @ your library
    • Keys to Engaging Older Adults @ your library
    • Guide to Building Support for your Tribal Library
  • ALA Frontline Fundraising Toolkit
• ALA Midwinter including Small but Powerful Forum for Winning Big Support for your Rural Library Sunday, January 22 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Answers in chat to "where could you ask to put a digital frame with library info or data?"
  • At the local coffeeshop
  • The grocery store
  • County / city offices
  • Post office
  • Around college campuses
  • Local charities - like Loaves & Fishes
  • Any place they have wifi
  • the post office is the only place open in my town in the winter but there's no house delivery so everyone goes there
  • schools
  • Local banks
  • the senior centers
  • Chamber offices
  • You can collect quotes from people who answer the question "What does the library do for or mean to me?" and then include those answers in the slides/picture frames.
  • One of our member libraries did an intro session on our electronic resources at the local hair salon
  • law offices that work with low income individuals (like legal aid)
  • Sportsmans clubs
• Additional topics and links shared in chat:
  
  • Overdrive
  • Librarian in Black post, OverDrive Has Different eBook Catalogs for Different Libraries
  • Al Carlson's Digital Delight Cheat Sheets
  • Turning the Page 2.0 free advocacy training from PLA