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General Advocacy

2008 State of America's Libraries Report
Advocacy Institute
Looking to improve your advocacy skills? Want to meet fellow library supporters from across the country? Get the tools to become an effective library advocate at the Advocacy Institute.
Getting Started as a Library Advocate
Receive information on why you should be a library advocate, who can be a library advocate and why we need library advocacy now more than ever.
Libraries as Creatures of Copyright
article by Carol Henderson on intellectual property law and policy
Library Advocate's Handbook
The Library Advocate's Handbook covers basis techniques that work, whether you are seeking an increase in funding, campaigning for a new building or dealing with controversy on social networking or the USA PATRIOT Act.
PLA Issues & Advocacy
Public Library Association (PLA) Issues & Advocacy Programs
PR Tools & Resources
Free materials that libraries can use in their own @ your library campaigns.
Quotable Facts About America's Libraries
Order or download one of ALA's most recognizable advocacy tools to bring to your community.

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