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January 13, 2009

Libraries’ Value in Tough Economy

Just got a great link to information on how libraries can let their communities know of services they have to help folks through tough economic times.  While most have seen the video at the link below,  look farther down the page for pieces of a toolkit that can be used to be sure your patrons and your communities know just how valuable you are.

The ALA toolkit contains information on how to work with decision-makers, ways to work with the media, and talking points to help libraries articulate the role of libraries in times of economic downturn. Talking points on the economic value of libraries, with return-on-investment examples; libraries and the economy; and upswings in library usage are included.

www.ala.org/tougheconomytoolkit

I think this information would make a great discussion and look forward to comments on the blog about how libraries are telling their communities about their value.

posted by Judy R. at 1:24 pm | Comments (0)

January 12, 2009

Exciting New Advocacy Program at NSLS on February 12!

Greetings Advocates! We have a great advocacy program that was recently posted to the L2 calendar which will be taking place here at North Suburban Library System on February 12, 2009.  Marci Merola, ALA’s Director of the Office for Library Advocacy, will be facilitating a fun dinner- workshop for us.  The program, Advocacy on the Go!  is conveniently scheduled for after-work hours. Marci presented this training opportunity for trustees and advocates in other states and each time the workshop was well received. Here is the link to the L2 calendar for sign-up. https://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=5435

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all.  Hope to see you on the 12th!  Donna Tieberg, Program Manager, 847-353-7160, dtieberg@nsls.info

posted by donna at 4:03 pm | Comments (0)

June 3, 2008

Your One-Stop Freedom of Information Resource

Well, maybe not one-stop, but it looks to be pretty comprehensive.

UNESCO (that’s the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has released an updated version of their Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey handbook. As they describe it:

The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of development practitioners, civil society, academics, the media and governments. What is this right, is it really a right and how have governments sought to give effect to it? These are some of the questions this book seeks to address, providing an accessible account of the law and practice regarding freedom of information, and an analysis of what is working and why.

This is 156 pages of UN analysis of the issue that’s at the core of libraries, so it should make for some fun summer reading. You can get the whole thing as a PDF at the link above, so check it out if you have a chance.

posted by Alan at 9:56 am | Comments (0)