[ha-Safran]: Library Advocacy Free Webinar

2010-10-13 Thread Susan Dubin
This information may be of interest to you: Free Frontline Advocacy webinar to teach library staff how to promote the value of libraries everyday CHICAGO – Learn how to empower all levels of library staff to become better advocates for their libraries and themselves by joining American Libr

Re: [ha-Safran]: Library advocacy

2010-03-02 Thread Kimberley A. Shaw
Great videos at this link! But could they be captioned? Libraries are particularly important for deaf schools, and some librarians (and others) are themselves deaf / hard-of-hearing as well ... Best, Kimberley Shaw Wellesley College Library --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are

[ha-Safran]: Library advocacy

2010-02-28 Thread Susan Dubin
Below is a copy of an email from the president of the southern section of California School Library Association. The link is to a video that might help as to be our own library advocates. Susan Dubin AJL President Here's a slideshow by Joyce Valenza that she just posted on the AASL Forum list,

[ha-Safran]: Library Advocacy next steps

2009-03-02 Thread Susan Dubin
Here is a good way to look at advocacy. We need to get the message out that what we do is valuable and fits the goals and objectives already established by our funders! This message was from the California Library K-12 listserv: "To build on where the money is and goesI've found that dialog

[ha-Safran]: Library Advocacy & Crisis Toolkits

2009-01-26 Thread Deborah Stern
The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the ALA, has a number of online resources to assist with advocacy and funding crises. I think that these are very adaptable to many AJL member libraries. You can find them at: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslproftools/toolk

[ha-Safran]: Library Advocacy

2008-12-25 Thread Susan Dubin
Dear Safranim, We all know that there are rough financial times ahead. This may translate into budget cuts and layoffs. Hopefully we will weather this storm. Please let me know if you feel a letter from me as AJL President will help in anyway. If so, please send me the names and addresses of w