Legislation
& Advocacy (L4L)
Trustee
Essential #13
From Wisconsin's new trustee manual this Essential addresses the following issues:
What are library advocates and why are they needed? How to establish priorities
for advocacy. Ways to act as an advocate. Not only for trustees, but for all
friends of the library.
ALA:
Issues and Advocacy
Federal issues, state issues, and resources are some of the sections in this
excellent page on advocacy and current issues. Includes a link to ALA's
Washington Office.
Wisconsin
State Legislature
This site offers a wealth of information about state government agencies, current
and past legislative activity, Wisconsin law, lobbying, the Ethics Board, and
more. Among other valuable sites are Who
Are My Legislators and How
a Bill Becomes Law [pdf] and The
Legislative Process in Wisconsin [pdf].
Wisconsin Library
Association's Legislative Information Page
All the information you need about current budgeting, the background and status
of library-related legislation, and groups and committees concerned with advocacy,
as well as Legislative
Tips for Library Advocates and the positions adopted by WLA on significant
issues.
ALIA
and Advocacy
" The Australian Library and Information Association is collecting stories that
illustrate the contribution libraries and information services or specific library
and information professionals have made to the lives of Australians and the fabric
of the nation." This site contains samples of those stories.
Other Resources
- “Help for the Advocacy-Impaired Librarian: A Bibliography of Resources on Library Advocacy.” Connie Dalyrumple. Public Libraries, May/June 2002
- The Value of Libraries
- Grassroots organizing & legislative advocacy: making sure your voice is heard [videorecording] / Robert Hudek
- Politics and the support of libraries / edited by E.J. Josey and Kenneth D. Shearer
- Getting political: an action guide for librarians and library supporters / Anne M. Turner
Supporting public libraries in Outagamie and Waupaca counties