ALA Office for Library Advocacy (OLA)

• Advocacy University
  
• ALTAFF (Friends, Trustees) Advocacy
• Campaign for American Libraries
• Celebration Weeks & Promotional Events
• Driving Advocacy with Data webinar 10/18/2012
• INFOGRAPHIC: U.S. Public Libraries Weather the Storm
• Library Advocates Handbook
• Mobile Commons Text Message Alerts
• Outsourcing and Privatization
  
• Quotable Facts About America's Libraries
• State of America's Libraries
• They’ve Got to See it to Believe It: Getting Decision Makers Into Your Library [webinar video]

Connecticut Library Association

• Legislative Committee
  

Continuing Education

• Look for Advocacy Classes and Webinars on the CT Continuing Education Calendar
• Statistics Workshop - including using statistics for advocacy

PLA Advocacy

• Turning the Page 2.0 - Advocacy Webinars

Publications & Other Resources

• Advocacy for libraries: In our own interest (and our communities!) - Presentation By Stephen Abram
• Core Library Value: Tools for telling it over and over (WebJunction)
• Economic Impact of Libraries (studies compiled by Wisconsin)
• How to Tell the Story of Your Library's Impact (PDF) by Michigan Library Association and Gale/Cengage
• Library Advocacy Pathfinder (PDF) from ProQuest
• OCLC's How Libraries Stack Up;a 2-page report/flyer
• Opportunity for All: ...Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Public Libraries (Gates Foundation)
• Public Library Advocacy on Wikipedia
• Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2011-2012
• Save Libraries.org
  

Using Statistics for Advocacy

• Automatic Chart-Makers for CT Libraries (create customized charts to lobby for your library)
• Driving Advocacy with Data webinar 10/18/2012
  
• Library Use Value Calculator
• Public Libraries & the Internet - Issue Briefs from the Center for Library & Information Innovation