Every day is Advocacy Day…
…and everyone can be an advocate! Library advocates spread the word about the power and impact of libraries to their fellow community members at the local, state, and national levels. We help decision-makers understand the vital role libraries play in the community.
Library Advocacy Day is Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
Here’s what advocacy can look like:
- Visit and use your local library
- Join your library’s Friends group
- Serve on your library’s Board of Trustees
- Enroll as a New York Library Association Library Advocate and receive e-mail alerts when your action is needed to act on behalf of libraries
- Learn about libraries and understand their needs and history
- Donate funds, materials or time to your local library
Advocacy 101
- Library Advocate’s Handbook (ALA) 2008
- Advocacy In Action: Local Library Awareness Campaigns [Webjunction]
- Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community Online Advocacy Training [PLA]
- Advocacy Action Plan Workbook (2009)
- United for Libraries: A Power Guide for Successful Advocacy (2013)
- The Small But Powerful Toolkit to Winning Support for Your Rural Library (ALA)
- READCON: A Curriculum for Library Readiness, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment During Challenging Conditions (2025)
National
- Advocacy, Legislation & Issues [ALA]
- ilovelibraries.org
- United for Libraries
- ALA Allied Professional Association [ALA-APA]
State
- New York Library Association Advocacy Center
- New Yorkers for Better Libraries Political Action Committee
Local
Updated January 9, 2025 FL