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- 1. Whose Job Is It Anyway? Library Advocacy from the Frontlines Maureen Ambrosino Youth Services Consultant and “Raging Library Activist” Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
- 2. My Journey as an Advocate School Library Journal, January 2008 : Metamorphosis: Or How I Went from Quiet Bystander to Raging Library Activist
- 3. “Active support of a cause or course of action.” What is Advocacy?
- 4. Legislative Library Administrators Trustees Friends Grassroots Frontline Librarians and library support staff Types of Advocacy
- 5. Frontline library advocacy: Library staff-initiated action to: Articulate the value of their respective libraries and their value to their communities. Connectors- Improve the quality of resources and services in their library environment. Frontline Advocacy (cont.)
- 6. Involving Frontline Library Staff in Advocacy We all must advocate for the value of our libraries. All of usmust also be able to articulate our value as library employees.
- 7. Connection
- 10. Focus on legislators/elected officials/decision-makers. Library Administration
- 11. Identifying Frontline Staff to Deliver the Library Message Should everyone be involved in frontline advocacy?
- 13. Identifying Frontline Staff (cont.) Building an advocacy team: Determine the extent of frontline staff involvement. Involve librarians and library staff in brainstorming.
- 15. Provide scripts and/or “cheat sheets.”
- 16. Work with staff for input on process and delivery.
- 17. Staff members deliver the message.
- 18. Meet to assess outcomes.Empowering Frontline Staff as Advocates
- 19. 52 Ways and 23 Things http://www.cmrls.org/pdf_documents/advocacy52.pdf (20 pages) http://www.cmrls.org/pdf_documents/advocacy23.pdf (3 pages)
- 21. Library Advocacy? It’s Everybody’s Job! Every Voice Makes a Difference.
- 22. Anyonewho thinks they’re too small to be effective… has never been in bed with a mosquito.
- 23. www.camilaalire.com www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/ advocacyuniversity/ More to come…….
- 24. Thank You!