Dollars & Sense #7 – Collection Development on a Shoestring
How do you continue to add new materials to the collection when your budget is slashed? Or when, as happened to a friend in a neighboring town, the board says, “What do you need new books for? You...
View ArticleDollars & Sense #24: Gaming as ROI
What’s ROI? Return on Investment, or, spending a little, and getting a lot back. ROI = bang for your buck! In tough budget times, libraries look for ways to stretch their dollars, and strive to...
View ArticleCan Library Services Reduce Youth Crime?
As the Boston Public Library struggles to come up with a 3 million dollar shortfall by June 2010, proposals include cutting hours and closing branches. BPL president Amy Ryan appeared on WBUR Saturday...
View ArticleDistrict Days 101: What are District Days?
Remember counting down to the last day of school? I loved class, but that didn’t stop me from counting down after April vacation, the last break before the long summer one. Although your elected...
View ArticleElection Reminder: 4 Days Left!
The 2010 ALA Elections close on Friday April 23 at 11:59pm Central time. Have you voted yet? If not, please consider casting your ballot for ALA Councilor-at-Large for candidates with a youth services...
View Article$50 Advocacy Preconference at ALA Annual!
Reserve your spot today for “Advocating in a Tough Economy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop†during ALA’s 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Advanced registration is economically priced at...
View ArticleLibrary Snapshot Day
posted on behalf of Robyn Vittek, YALSA Advocacy Task Force So, our library needs to pass a levy on May 4. When I say needs, I mean must, can’t-fail, vital, OMG! I get so nervous with all the articles...
View ArticleDistrict Days 101: Inviting Your Legislator to an Event During District Days
District Days (August 9-September 12, 2010) is a window of opportunity to get your elected officials who may be home from Washington DC to come to your library and see firsthand how busy, productive,...
View Article“Bleeding Libraries:” A School Library Advocacy Video
By now, you’ve probably seen the Librarians Do Gaga video from the University of Washington that went viral two weeks ago,’ and the Who Ya Gonna Call? video that featured Ghostbusters in the NYPL...
View ArticleAdvocacy Interest Group Petition – Signatures needed!
YALSA is interested in starting a new Interest Group to discuss issues relating Advocacy. We aim to be a forum on exchanging ideas on how to advocate for young adult services (including collections,...
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