Purpose

The Advocacy Committee was created in 2015, as a result of the merger of the Library Advocacy and Governmental Relations committees.

Information and documents related to this merged committee will appear in this area.  The web pages for the previous two committees are linked here for archival purposes.

Advocacy Challenge Past winners:

• Jennifer Mayer's Infographic 1 & 2
• Other Member's Entries (Hittner Annual Report; Yaeger virtual presentations/Zoom consults)

Podcasts:

• Mark Aaron Polger -Editor Library Marketing Journal (27.12 min)
• John Chrastka -Director of EveryLibrary, a political action committee for libraries (21.51 min)
• Jennifer Burke -A consultant that assists libraries in communicating value & expanding impact (24.34 min)

Advocacy Examples submitted by Chapter Members