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Advocacy Institute

Looking to improve your advocacy skills? Want to meet fellow library supporters from across the country? Get the tools to become an effective library advocate at the Advocacy Institute. Break-out sessions will focus on budget presentations, crisis communications, and passing bond issues/referenda. Core advocacy skills, such as message development and coalition building, will be covered in the morning. Attendees will leave with an action plan that they can implement in their communities or campuses.

The Advocacy Institute is offered as a one-day preconference at the ALA Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting. Half-day Advocacy Institutes have taken place at the state level. Contact advocacy@ala.org for additional information.

The Advocacy Institute is coordinated by the Advocacy Training Subcommittee of the ALA Library Advocacy Committee in cooperation with the Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA), the Chapter Relations Committe, the Committee on Legislation, the Public Awareness Committee, and Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA). 

Upcoming Advocacy Institutes

ALA Annual Conference 2009

ALA Annual Conference 2009
Chicago, IL
July 10, 2009

Previous Advocacy Institutes

  • REFORMA National Conference in El Paso, TX (September 18, 2008)
  • 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA (June 27, 2008)
  • 2008 Texas Library Association Annual Conference (April 15, 2008)
  • 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA (January 11, 2008)
  • Border Regional Library Association Annual Conference (September 29, 2007)
  • 2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2007)
  • Kentucky Public Libraries Association & Kentucky Library Trustees Round Table 2007 Annual Conference (April 25, 2007)
  • Association for College and Research Libraries 10th National Conference (March 30, 2007)
  • 2007 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, WA (January 19, 2007)
  • 2006 California Library Association Conference and Exhibition (November 10, 2006)
  • 2006 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA (June 23, 2006)
  • New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference (April 24, 2006)
  • Tennessee Library Association/Southeastern Library Association Conference (April 5, 2006)
  • 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, TX (January 20, 2006)
  • 2005 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (June 24, 2005)
  • 2005 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, MA (January 14, 2005)

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Join library supporters from around the country in Washington, DC to learn about library issues and then lobby like a pro with members of Congress.

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 The LAC features updates on all the important library-related legislation making its way through Congress and  allows you to directly contact your Members of Congress!