The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library

Powerful tools for Rural Libraries

The newly-updated Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library provides tips and tools you can use from the ALA Committee on Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds, the Association for Rural & Small Libraries and the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services.

Downloadable Print Version

Print Version (.pdf)

Contents

• Steps to success
• Go where the people are
• Win friends and influence decision-makers
• Speak successfully
• Make the most of media in all of its forms
• Build powerful partnerships
• Tools for success
• Sample message sheet
• Technology as an advocacy tool
• Technology & advocacy: Data you can use
• Resources

Ordering Printed Copies

Printed copies of "The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library " are also available for ALA members. Orders for under 20 toolkits will be sent free of charge (please include ALA personal or organizational membership number); for orders of 20 and over, the charge is $.50/toolkit plus a $7 flat fee for shipping.

Contact

For more information on this toolkit and other resources from ALA about rural libraries, please contact:

ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2798
800-545-2433, ext. 4294
olos@ala.org