Online registration for ALA 2006 Midwinter Advocacy Institute now available

Contact: Marci Merola


PR Specialist-Advocacy


312-280-2431


mmerola@ala.org

For Immediate Release


October 25, 2005

Online registration for ALA 2006 Midwinter Advocacy Institute now available

CHICAGO – Online registration for the American Library Association's (ALA) 2006 Advocacy Institute at the Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio is now available. To register, go to
www.ala.org/midwinter. Online registration will close December 9, 2005.

The Institute will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2006. More details will be available soon. Check the Advocacy Institute Web site at
www.ala.org/advocacyinstitute for the latest information.

Registration for the 2006 Advocacy Institute is $25 for ALA members and non-members and includes lunch. Onsite registration also will be available.

Designed for the beginning advocate, or anyone who wants to sharpen their skills, attendees at the 2006 ALA Advocacy Institute, will learn to build a community, create effective coalitions with library staff members, trustees and Friends in their communities, and leave with a draft of an advocacy action plan for use in their library.

The Advocacy Institute is coordinated by the Advocacy Institute Task Force of the Public Awareness Committee, The Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA), The Chapter Relations Committee, The Committee on Legislation and Friends of Libraries USA.

The Institute is made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation. For more information, visit
www.fordfound.org.