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"Voices for the Library", a UK-based public library advocacy campaign, was started in August 2010, by a group of library and informational professionals to campaign against proposed closures to UK public libraries. It is supported by individuals and professional groups, including CILIP, Special Libraries Association Europe (SLA Europe), and UNISON.
The first public library supported by taxes was the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire, which made books available to the public in 1833. [5] New Hampshire was one of the first to use new state laws to its advantage, which entitled local government units to levy taxes .
As President of the American Library Association, Schuman launched a nationwide campaign to focus attention on the public's right to know including censorship and access to government information. [5] She implemented media training for association leaders, established a speaker's network, and founded the Library Advocacy Now! effort.
OCLC's advocacy campaign "Geek the Library", started in 2009, highlights the role of public libraries. The campaign, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, uses a strategy based on the findings of the 2008 OCLC report, "From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America". [43] Other past advocacy campaigns ...
Kansas City Public Library (MO) [43] "bold, ongoing, and unfaltering commitment to making equality part of the library's organizational culture and thereby being a model for other service agencies," recognized for "serving a city one-by-one, by fully embracing the ideals of equity and diversity." 1998 Betty J. Turock
Barack Obama has joined a TikTok campaign aiming to increase awareness of library services and promote access to books. The former US president is seen sitting in the Kankakee Public Library ...
A public library is a library, ... James Silk Buckingham led the campaign for public libraries in the ... In the article "Waking Up to Advocacy in a New Political ...
An advocacy group known as the Human Rights Campaign has begun a campaign it's calling "Remove Ryan Walters," an effort it said will involve the creation of a website opposing the state schools ...