Advocacy and Legislation Affecting Libraries

• AkLA's Legislative Priorities (AkLA Handbook Section II:2)
• ALA's Legislative Action Center
• ALA's Issues & Advocacy
• Alaska Legislature
• Articles & Reports
• Facts About Alaska's Libraries
• Public Libraries in Alaska

ALA's Legislative Action Center
Here you can get Action Alerts of bills in the U.S. House and Senate, write letters to your senators and representative, and look up information on specific bills that impact libraries and information centers.
http://congress.nw.dc.us/ala/home

ALA's Issues & Advocacy
This is ALA's main Issues & Advocacy page. Find out What's New that is being offered through ALA, Hot Topics, Tools & Publications, a Calendar of Events and more.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issues/issuesadvocacy.htm

Alaska Legislature
Find your State senators and representatives, search for bills, view committees or search by district. Email links to Senators and Representatives are provided.
http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/home.htm

Articles and Reports:

Long Overdue: A Fresh Look at Public Attitudes About Libraries (Public Agenda)
In this survey of the public, we find Americans prize public library service and see libraries as potential solutions to many communities’ most pressing problems, from universal access to computers to the need for better options for keeping teens safe and productive. Includes 5 Things Civic Leaders Should Know About Libraries and the Public (PDF 49KB)

Libraries: How They Stack Up (OCLC Reports)
This report contains some interesting comparisons of library economics and activies to other sectors, professions and destinations in the global economy.

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