Infuse equity into every part of your library leadership and administration, from hiring, onboarding, and retention, to personnel management, and more with our Equity-Centered Leadership course this March.
Create ongoing support for your library by enhancing your advocacy strategies and skills. Our Advocacy Learning Path will teach you skills to secure funding, build meaningful relationships, protect intellectual freedom, and more.
Featured Course: How to Build and Maintain Library Advocacy
Between budget cuts, staffing shortages, defunding efforts, and censorship challenges, many libraries are facing unprecedented challenges. This course will teach you the foundations of library advocacy, including finding and applying for grants, building relationships with municipal offices and legislators, lobbying and political organizing, and uniting data and storytelling to advocate for libraries. You will learn tangible strategies to add to your advocacy toolkit and have the opportunity to find solidarity and build meaningful relationships with other librarians.
When you attend this interactive online course, you’ll gain the tools to:
Discern what lobbying and activism is and isn’t allowed for your type of organization
Organize and lobby for your library with a clear plan and strategy
Craft your library’s story for both funding and advocacy purposes
Navigate contentious political issues with a range of people without burning bridges
Identify and build relationships with municipal offices and legislators
Proactively prepare for grants
Find and apply for grants
Utilize data storytelling and visualization to make your grant applications more compelling
Understand next steps after securing a grant, including how to create compelling reports for your funders
Create library collections that are inclusive and reflect a diverse range of people, stories, and experiences by learning how to conduct a diversity audit, ensure representation, and defend your collections against censorship challenges.
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