Judi Repman
A tour of advocacy tools on the AASL/ALA website, with a few bonus ideas thrown in!
The place to start to link to most of the specific advocacy resources.
Get ideas and contribute your own great idea. Who knows what great ideas are out there?
Brochures you can use for every audience! Either print them yourself or order copies. There's also a customizable feature.
The focus is on school libraries every April. But don't think these resources are only useful for one month. For example, I love the resources related to "Create Your Own Story" from 2011:
http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslissues/slm/slmmarchive
Resources that help you build support before a crisis is upon you.
Parents can be our strongest and most influential advocates.
The place to start when your program is in jeopardy.
One outcome of a significant effort to coordinate advocacy activities across ALA.
Another attempt to coordinate advocacy efforts across the association and build collaborative advocacy efforts across divisions, etc.
Resources to assist school library media coordinators in communicating that school libraries make a difference to students.
Insights and strategies for advocating for your library
A wonderful focused set of resources from Colorado
