This blog-post will explore the topic of advocating within
the library profession. From reading the Rudai15 article, I learnt about the topic
of advocating campaigns and supporting organisations. Before now, I had never
heard of organisations that support advocacy campaigns but they showed the different
methods through which advocating libraries can be accomplished. I was
particularly taken by two organisations; voicesforthelibrary, and speakupforlibraries .
I looked at the library campaigns provided and found they
provide important resource material for library professionals, particularly libraryatoz . The campaigns are different, but all relate
to peoples vision of the library. I felt it was important to pay specific attention
the national campaigns and I am going to make a real effort to get involved in
whatever way possible.
Advocating the library is not something I really taught
about before reading this article. Without realising it, I have been advocating
the library in numerous way, from sharing library posts on Facebook to participating
in online blogs. I can see why advocating
the library is important to the development of the profession and feel it really
does have a positive impact.
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