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Library Advocacy Tips

Photo courtesy of Billie Frierson

by Billie Frierson, UCLA/PRAXIS Pre-Doctoral Student

Library advocacy does not begin nor end on one day - CLA's Legislative Day and Day in the District are important networking opportunities for library advocates. But library advocacy is needed through out the year. Here are some tips from my experience:

  1. Get to know your legislator.
  2. Send your legislator an announcement flyer on an event or program that has happened in your library or will happened in the future.
  3. Invite your legislator to your library to award certificates for summer or year round reading programs.
  4. Invite your legislator to an annual event that your library has already proven to be widely attended and appreciated by your community.
  5. Acknowledge your legislator by mail (twice per year). Suggest sending an update of service hours, programs and services the library offers at the beginning of the year and a flyer on summer events that encourage reading and use of the library.
  6. Read the newsletters sent from your legislators. Send a note of thanks on a newsletter item that was of interest to you and/or the community you serve. Send a list of libraries in the legislator's district.
  7. Identify programs or events your legislator sponsors or attends annually. Be there in support and/or participate by providing library literature such as service hours bookmarks, program flyers and a list of new arrivals or genre materials in your collections. 
  8. If you have placed publicity information in the local newspaper about your programs, send a copy to the legislator.
  9. Attend City Council, Town Council and Coordinating Council events as appropriate. Be prepared to state several positive areas in which the library is serving the community.
  10. You know the library success stories. You know how library service is increasing. You know how many new and continued borrowers are received daily. Be prepared to share a memorable story on how the library makes a difference to the communities in your legislators' district.