Communication Templates Now Available

Communications Templates Now Available
To help in your efforts to promote your library’s advocacy initiatives and “get the word out”, we have provided a number of different templates that you can use.
Sample Press Release:
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Sample Letter to Editor:
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Recent press…

Here’s something the Providence Public Library is doing to raise funds for the Gates grant …
http://www.provlib.org/happening/news/pressreleases/pr100608.html
Great work!

Online Advocacy Symposium Information

PLA has provided details for you to access to online version of the great Advocacy Symposium.
To access Turning the Page online:

Click on www.sustaininglibraries.org, or copy and paste it into your Internet browser’s window. Click on the logo on the right for Turning the Page online.
Enter your registration code of 12345. Once you have entered your [...]

Deadline extended for MA advocacy event

REGISTRATION DEADLINE extended to Monday, September 8th – I have just received word from PLA that they have extended the deadline to register for Turning the Page – Advocacy Symposium in Danvers, MA on September 23-25th.

REMEMBER: Up to three people from your library system are eligible to attend the conference, and we recommend that the [...]

Advocacy Symposium registration info mailed out this week

I just heard word from PLA that they will be mailing out the registration information for the Advocacy Symposium this week.  Please watch your mail for this information – it will be going to the library director’s attention.  If you do not receive it by the middle of next week, please let me know.
- Steve

Latest Headlines Regarding the Grant

Great work to all of you who received inquiries from the press and did interviews.  Here are a few articles I have seen from the area.  Feel free to let me know if you see any articles written about your library.
Gates Foundation gives library grants in 11 states
Libraries to benefit from Gates grants
Laconia Citizen, NH - Jul [...]

PLA Advocacy Symposium – Dates and Info

PLA “Turning the Page” Advocacy Symposium
Maine and New Hampshire participating libraries only:
September 9 – 11, 2008 – Location: Portland, ME
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island participating libraries only:
September 23-25, 2008 – Location: Danvers, MA
The training is designed to equip librarians and library supporters with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to create community partnerships, [...]