School of Library and Information Science

Advocacy: Useful Sites

  1. All the research linking school libraries with academic achievement are available at http://www.lmcsource.com under freebies.
  2. American Library Association's Campaign to Save America's Libraries provides a few suggestions for PR materials. http://www.ala.org/pio/csal_toolkit.html
  3. American Library Association's Equity on the Information Superhighway - Library Advocacy Now! Action Pack - helpful in equity campaigns. at: http://www.ala.org/pio/advocacy/action/act1.html
  4. Library Advocacy booklet (teaching folks how to advocate). At: http://www.ila.org/advocacy/advocacy.htm
  5. MN Advocacy Tools - several good templates. At: http://www.selco.lib.mn.us/resources/advocacy/?page=tools
  6. From Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook, chapter 6 on Libraries-Home, School,Public at: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah_chpt6_p1.html#elley-print%20factors
  7. Fun trivia about books on Jim Trealease's web site at: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/trivia_frame.html
  8. International Reading Association's reading rights for every child. at: http://www.reading.org/positions/MADMMID.html
  9. Intenational Reading Associations Teen Read Week Fact Sheet at: http://www.reading.org/news/TRWfacts.html
  10. Gary Hartzel's page includes his speech at the White House and materials on advocacy. at: http://www.unocoe.unomaha.edu/ghartzell/library/
  11. AASL Advocay Tookkit: Letter to the Editor. at: http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/index.html

Other State Sites

  1. British Columbia Teacher-Librariadvocacy.htmlans Association page on advocacy at: http://www.bctf.bc.ca/psas/BCTLA/advocacy.html
  3. SLiP: School Library Information Portal at: http://www.cla.ca/slip/advocacy.htm
  4. Philadelphia brochure at http://libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/clemente/advocacy.html
  5. Pennsylvania School Library association advocacy page at: http://www.psla.org/links/links.php3
  6. Advocacy toolkit at: http://www.swlibraries.org/advocacy.html

California Sites

  1. CSLA Home Page at http://schoolibrary.org
  2. Advocacy Center for California Libraries at: http://www.friendcalib.org/calad/
  3. California Dept. of Education Helps

 

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March 17, 2003