"You as a school library media specialist are too important to too many children to let budget reductions that impact your program just 'happen.' Get active, ask for support, and heed the words of Dylan Thomas – 'Do not go gentle into that good night.'" - Doug Johnson
The resources on this page are desgined to help NCSLMA members fight for and maintain library services and positions that impact North Carolna's young people. Keeping in mind that the best form of advocacy is to provide quality, far reaching services that impact student learning, the resources on this page are divided into two sections.
- Advocacy Resources From NCSLMA and Its Members.
- Advocacy Resources From AASL, ALA and other National Programs.
Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet to combat a tough economy and the drastic cuts to education that have followed. However, by providing quality, impactful services and embedding themselves into the instructional programs at their schools, North Carolina's school librarians can (and do!) draw a clear and distinct line between themselves and student learning. The purpose of these resources is to help North Carolina school librarians draw that line.
NCSLMA Advocacy Resources:
NC Advocacy "On The Map" Initiative
University Teaching Fellows Initiative NC Authors/NC Advocates NCSLMA Lesson Sharing Center "Librarians are Ready" Flyer (PDF) Proving Your Worth - from the 2010 NCSLMA Conference (PPT) How to Build an Elevator Speech (PPT) Elevator Speeches (PDF) The Top Ten Reasons (Excuses) that Prevent School Library Advocacy (PDF) Marketing L4L (PDF) NCSLMA Strategic Advocacy Plan 2013 |
National Advocacy Resources:
ALA Our Authors/Our Advocates
AASL Crisis Toolkit AASL Advocacy Toolkit ALA Take Action for Libraries, By State Doug Johnson's 4 Rules of Library Advocacy 21st Century Learner Poster Available at ALA Store 21st Century Learner Bookmarks Available at ALA Store The Role of School Librarians in Promoting the Use of Educational Technologies (from ISTE) 100 Things Kids Will Miss If They Don't Have A School Librarian In Their School Advocating for School Libraries (Scoop it site by Beck Palgi) |
You can always advocate for libraries by calling or emailing Congress. <http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FYMORPSNSC/KWFRRPSOEZ/8180388021> Let your legislators know just how important our nation’s libraries are to the communities they serve.
Call Congress
To call your Members of Congress, view this alert at the Legislative Action Center<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FYMORPSNSC/FESXRPSOFB/8180388021>. Read over the asks and then enter your zip code into the “CALL NOW” box to find phone numbers for your legislators. Email Congress
1.) Visit the Legislative Action Center home page<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FYMORPSNSC/FTYLRPSOFC/8180388021>
2.) Enter your zip code into the “Find Your Officials” box
3.) Click on your senator’s or representative’s name
4.) You will see their bio page appear, click the “Contact” tab
5.) Select the option to contact your legislator via “Web Form”
Call Congress
To call your Members of Congress, view this alert at the Legislative Action Center<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FYMORPSNSC/FESXRPSOFB/8180388021>. Read over the asks and then enter your zip code into the “CALL NOW” box to find phone numbers for your legislators. Email Congress
1.) Visit the Legislative Action Center home page<http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FYMORPSNSC/FTYLRPSOFC/8180388021>
2.) Enter your zip code into the “Find Your Officials” box
3.) Click on your senator’s or representative’s name
4.) You will see their bio page appear, click the “Contact” tab
5.) Select the option to contact your legislator via “Web Form”
To find out if your Congressional representatives are on Twitter and what their handles are, visit this website:http://classic.tweetcongress.org/officials/states.
If you find that your representative is on twitter, click their image on the left and that link will take you to his/her acct.
Once on your representative’s page, click the silhouette icon, and enter the message in the field below the ‘Follow’ button.
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