American Library Association

• Advocacy
• Advocacy and Public Policy
• PLA Advocacy
• United for Libraries - Advocacy Resources
  
• Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events
• Quotable Facts About America's Libraries
• State of America's Libraries
• Turning the Page 2.0

Publications & Other Resources

• EveryLibrary is the first and only national organization dedicated to building voter support for libraries, and EveryLibrary Institute.
  
• OCLC Reports, How Libraries Stack Up and From Awareness to Funding
• Opportunity for All Study (Gates Foundation)
• Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2011-2012

Using Statistics for Advocacy

• Library Use Value Calculator and code/instructions on embedding the calculator
• Library Research Service
  Based in Colorado, the Library Research Service generates library statistics and research for library and education professionals, public officials, and the media.

Other

• The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library
  The newly-updated Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library provides tips and tools you can use from the ALA Committee on Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds, the Association for Rural & Small Libraries and the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services.