Readers Exchange

[Presented at the 2002 ALA Annual Meeting in Atlanta]

Most of the resources below are not aimed directly at government documents librarians. Making use of them will require looking at the techniques offered and comparing those to the concerns in your department/library. No one technique works for everyone.

• American Library Association home page <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=exit.html&to=http://www.ala.org&log=linklog>, has a link for Library Advocacy and Support:

This page includes, among other materials, links to the following sites:

• Libraries & the Internet Toolkit
• A Library Advocate's Guide to Building Information Literate Communities
• Library Advocate's Handbook
• Quotable Facts
• Say the Right Thing: Winning Strategies for Talking to the Press
• http://www.ala.org/kranich/librariesandelections/
• Fact Sheets

• Campaign for America's Libraries PowerPoint (Updated Spring 2003. Use with the script below.)
• Campaign Overview: Script for Presenters (Updated Spring 2003)
• Library Examples PowerPoint (Updated Spring 2003. This PowerPoint contains samples of how local libraries of all types and library organizations throughout the country are involved in the @ your library campaign. Please customize the PowerPoint for your audience.)
• Principles of Crisis Communication: After 9/11 prepared for ALA by Brian Specht. (ALA 2002 Annual Conference
• Principles of Crisis Communication: After 9/11, prepared for ALA by Howard Opinsky. (ALA 2002 Midwinter Meeting)