Before the ballot : building political support for library funding /

""On the Path to the Ballot" will focus on Informational Communications Campaigns (commonly referred to as info-only campaigns) for library staff and administrators. The book will discuss the library's role in the years leading up to a campaign and the library's role during...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Chrastka, John (Author), Sweeney, Patrick "PC" (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : ALA, Neal-Schuman, 2019.
Subjects:
Library fund raising > Political aspects > United States.
Library finance > Political aspects > United States.
Libraries and community > Political aspects > United States.
Bibliothèques > Collecte de fonds > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques > Finances > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Relations bibliothèque-collectivité > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Libraries and community > Political aspects
Library finance > Political aspects
Library fund raising > Political aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Surfacing the library
  • Insights into voter attitudes about libraries
  • Radicalizing Americans about libraries
  • Librarian as candidate
  • Library as cause
  • Creating the fundable plan
  • Building partnerships and joining coalitions
  • Relationship building with people who (should) care
  • Defining audiences of potential supporters
  • Messaging for funding support
  • Understanding engagement with supporters and activists
  • Transitioning into the informational communication campaign
  • Where problems come from
  • Why libraries lose
  • Steps in the informational communications campaign
  • Ideal 36 month campaign from "before the ballot" to election day
  • Conclusion: everyday campaigning.

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