Lobbying

• ALA Congressional Tour Toolkit (PDF) or word document
  
• The Top Ten Things Elected Officials and Their Staff Hate to Hear (PDF) or word document
  
• How to Use Capwiz: A Legislative Action Center Tutorial
  Stephanie Vance, the advocacy guru outlines the simple process of using the American Library Association Washington Office’s Legislative Action Center to advocate for libraries.
  
• Getting Involved
  The ALA Washington Office truly believes that getting involved is the best way to make a difference. Whether you're a librarian, a business or simply a concerned citizen, there are myriad ways to make your views known to legislators on Capitol Hill.
  
• Federal Advocacy Resources and How to Get Involved
  The Washington Office offers a variety of information resources about current federal issues that impact libraries. Each resource contains muchly the same information and you can choose to access one or more of them to suit your needs. A description of the resources follows below along with how best to utilize them.
  
• Libraries: The Place of Opportunity (PDF)
  Ensuring that librarians deliver quality library services to the public impacts many issues. For this reason, the ALA Washington Office offers this helpful guide to highlight these issues for non-librarian audiences. In "Libraries: The Place of Opportunity," you'll find out which issues concern libraries most and how those issues impact the public. This resource also includes information on how library users can join our efforts to build coalitions and promote the role libraries play in our communities.
  
• Federal Library Legislative and Advocacy Network
  Members of the Committee on Legislation, the Public Library Association Legislative Committee and the ALA Office of Government Relations have been discussing how we can better share federal legislative and advocacy information with state chapters.
  
• Washington Office Online Advocacy
  Online advocacy resources including webinars with advocacy guru Stephanie Vance.
  
  
• Lobbying Fact Sheet - Working with Legislators & Decision-makers: Tips for Success (PDF) or word document
  
  
• Lobbying Fact Sheet - Planning your Legislative Outreach: Legislative Action Schedule & Know Your Legislator Worksheet (PDF) or word document
  
  
• Lobbying Fact Sheet - Shaping your Message: Information for Legislative Advocates (PDF) or word document
  

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