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- 1. 1 A spring forward withplanning! LIB 600 Libraries and Education 2015
- 2. 2 What is SchoolLibrary Month? School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning.
- 3. 3 SLM is 30years old! The first national observance kicked off with a ceremony on the west steps of the U.S. Capitol on April 1, 1985, and its theme was Where Learning Never Ends: The School Library Media Center. More about the history of School Library Month.
- 4. 4 A related event NationalLibrary Week Celebrate National Library Week 2015 (April 12-18, 2015) with the theme “Unlimited possibilities @ your library®.” First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. Best-selling author David Baldacci will serve as Honorary Chair of National Library Week 2015 (April 12-18, 2015).
- 5. 5 Another related event NationalLibrary Workers Day What is National Library Workers Day? NLWD is a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. Nominate a stellar library worker!
- 6. 6 What’s it allfor? Promotion of the library! Public Relations AKAAdvocacy
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- 8. 8 Advocacy: The TeacherLibrarian as Advocate . . . It’s important to ask yourself: What are you really advocating, marketing, or promoting? Yourself, your program, your teachers, information, or lifelong learning? What’s the purpose of the activity? How will the outcomes of the activity impact students? How does it relate to your mission?
- 9. 9 Frontline advocacy Frontline AdvocacyEvery Day: Library Media Center Leadership, Staff, and Others Working Together “Informal” frontline advocacy is simply using everyday opportunities to tell or remind people about your library media center’s resources and value to students, families and staff. “Planned” frontline advocacy is more deliberate, and it requires the knowledge (and possibly the approval) of school library leadership.
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- 11. 11 Another Karen Bonannoproduct http://www.scoop.it/t/school-library-advocacy
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- 14. 14 http://www.ala.org/advocacy/adv leg/advocacyuniversity/frontline _advocacy/frontline_school/ever yday/crafting See also: Ten BasicSteps to Successful Frontline Advocacy for School Library Leadership
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- 17. 17 4 Rules ofLibrary Advocacy 1. Johnson’s 1st Rule of Advocacy: Don't depend on national studies, statistics or publications 2. Johnson's 2nd Rule of Advocacy: Build relationships and inform so others will advocate for you 3. Johnson's 3rd Rule of Advocacy: Never advocate for libraries or the librarian - only for library users 4. Johnson's 4th Rule of Advocacy: Don't depend on the library supervisor to make your case
- 18. 18 A recent article Ifyou know anyone who still imagines a librarian is a glorified book clerk whose main interaction with patrons is sshhhh!, I urge you to have them visit a library and talk to a librarian about their work. The rise of the internet and the search engine and digital media has not rendered librarians any less essential; their expertise and dedication are needed more than ever, and those of us who value them must step up our advocacy in light of short-sighted library policy and budgeting.
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