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True advocacy is when people stand up and speak out for the on behalf of a cause, idea, program or organisation. It’s only effective when we’re all working together using our voices to form a unified voice standing up for the needs of the sector.
- Get to know key officials to influence policy
- Educate the public on information access
- Change the perception of libraries within local government
- Attend hearings on library-related matters – voice those opinions!
- Tell people how important the library is
- Listen for good library user-stories and forward them to the media
- Create a database with names of advocates, their contact information, names of their elected representatives
- Maintain your advocacy network inviting them to testify at budget hearings, participate in media interviews, and visit legislators
- Raise funds to help raise awareness of the importance of the library
- Start an advocacy committee or friends of libraries group at your library to get library members involved
- Thank everyone involved in an advocacy effort - a thank you is a powerful tool!
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Event
Future of Libraries Summit 2015Description
On July 31st 2015 the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa and Te Rōpū Whakahau co-hosted Taking Libraries to 2025: The Future of Libraries Summit at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
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Lianza (1st Sep 2015). Advocacy. In Website Lianza. Retrieved 19th Mar 2026 17:25, from https://lianza.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127