BC Library Trustees' Association
 

ADVOCACY – INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR TRUSTEES

Library Advocacy Information and Resources

Alliance for Arts and Culture – Advocacy Toolkit
www.allianceforarts.com/advocacy-toolkit

American Library Association – Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit
www.ala.org/tougheconomytoolkit

Canadian Library Association — Library Advocacy NOW!
www.cla.ca/divisions/capl/advocacy/index.htm

British Columbia Library Association’s Election Advocacy Toolkit
www.bcla.bc.ca/Default.aspx?__id=d:10028063.100.20

Beyond Words — Stories about BC Libraries
www.beyondwords.ca

Alberta Library Trustees’ Association — Online Advocacy Workshop
http://alta.icomproductions.ca/advocacy

Marigold Library System – Marketing 101: Expanding the Library's Customer Base
www.laa.ca/docs/Marigolds_marketing101%20manual.pdf

British Columbia Strategic Plan for Public Libraries – Libraries Without Walls: The World Within Your Reach
www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls/library_strategic_plan.pdf

British Columbia Public Libraries Statistics
www.bced.gov.bc.ca/pls/reports.htm

OCLC – Geekthelibrary.org Public Awareness Campaign
www.geekthelibrary.org

Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development
www.urban.org/publications/1001075.html

Library Use Value Calculator
http://maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm

Submitted Briefs and Meetings

  • 2010 Meeting with Minister MacDiarmid
  • 2009 Meeting with Minister MacDiarmid
    • Summary of 2009 Meeting with Minister MacDiarmid
    • Post-meeting Letter to Minister MacDiarmid from BCLTA/BCLA/ABCPLD

  • March 2009 - Brief to the Public Library Services Branch on the Library Act Review Process
    d BCLTA Library Act Review Survey Responses
    d BCLTA Library Act Review Brief
  • 2008 Meeting with Minister Bond
  • 2007 Meeting with Minister Bond
  • 2006 Meeting with Minister Bond
  • Letter from Minister Bond following 2006 meeting
  • September 2006 Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Education re: Adult Literacy
    Call for Submissions »
    Joint Submission »
  • 2005 Meeting with Minister Bond
  • 2004 Meeting with Minister Coell
  • 2003 BCLTA/BCLA Brief to Minister Abbott
  • December 2003 BCLTA Strategic Plan Survey report to Minister Abbott (PDF)
  • October 2003 Strategic Directions Survey pdf
  • 2002 Meeting with Hon. George Abbott
  • 2002 Digital Divide »