Advocacy: The Big Picture

Course

Introduction [1:01]

About

Susan D. Ballard discusses advocacy in the school library. She offers guidance on creating strategies for year long advocacy. Using advocacy to advance your programs and build awareness within your school library community strengthens those relationships. Susan will discuss the barriers to advocacy and how to develop an effective plan. The learning journey of advocacy is one that all librarians should take.

Additional Resources

Annotated Bibliography
Words from the Wise: Advocacy Quotables.

About the Author

Susan D. Ballard, MS, is vice president of the National Collaborative for Digital Equity and a past president of AASL. She served on the Editorial Board for the AASL Standards and Guidelines Editorial Board, responsible for writing the National School Library Standards for Learners, Librarians and School Libraries. She is a current a member of the AASL CAEP Coordinating Committee involved in revision of the Standards for Preparation of School Librarians. Follow her on Twitter @nholb or email her at sdballard@comcast.net or sdballard@digitalequity.us.

MLA Citation

Ballard, Susan D. "Advocacy: The Big Picture. Introduction [1:01]." School Library Connection, ABC-CLIO, November 2015, schoollibraryconnection.com/Content/Course?LearningModuleId=1980795&topicCenterId=2247903.

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