This webinar will highlight free, newly revised downloadable materials for public libraries distilled from landmark advocacy and awareness-building programs. Learn about two resources scheduled for release in summer 2015: updated curriculum from Turning the Page including tools, worksheets and training materials you can adapt locally to grow your team’s advocacy knowledge and abilities; and a new online guide that walks through each step of planning and carrying out a local library awareness campaign modeled after Geek the Library. Hear from library leaders who have put these ideas to work to build advocacy know-how, increase staff confidence, and engage more deeply with the community. Whether you are looking to get started, or seeking to maintain momentum following a recent advocacy effort, join us to discuss strategies to take your library to the next level.

Presented by:

• Lance Werner, Director, Kent District Library
• Cathay Keough, Statewide Coordinator, Reference Services, Delaware Division of Libraries & Executive Director, Delaware Library Association
  
• Ava Ehde, Library Services Manager, Manatee County Public Library
• Barbara McGary, Executive Director, James V. Brown Library
• Julie Meredith, Library Director, Clarkston Independence District Library
• Mary Lou Carolan, Director, Wallkill Public Library

Moderators:

• Mary Hirsh, Manager, Special Initiatives, Public Library Association
• Anna Shelton, Project Coordinator, WebJunction

Access Recording

• View Recording (You will be prompted to login to our free Course Catalog.)

Webinar Attachments

• View slides (pdf)
  
• View chat (xls) 
• View captions (txt)

Related Resources and Links

• Advocacy in Action
• publiclibraryadvocacy.org (with all Turning the Page curriculum components)