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Building a Relationship with Your Legislator for Library Program Support

Learn how to support your library program legislatively, increase visibility, and state your needs effectively. Visit, call, email, and provide articles to your legislator. Offer benefits for a win-win relationship, and invite them to school events to educate and support your program. Take students to legislative and community events for increased visibility and program support.

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Building a Relationship with Your Legislator for Library Program Support

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  1. Developing a Relationship With your legislator Pam McDermott Glen Crest Middle School

  2. Why? • Provide support legislatively • Increase your visibility with administrators, teachers, parents, students • Bring attention to your library program • Opportunity to state your needs

  3. How do you do this? • Visit • Call • Email • Articles, study results, FYI’s Personal Written Librarian Position paper

  4. What you can do for your legislator . . . Votes • The more you help them the more they will you • Win-Win Publicity Give them a venue Help their local efforts Educate them about issues

  5. Invite them to your school . . . • Awards ceremonies • Club meeting • Chat with students in LMC

  6. Invite them to speak . . . • Student Council • School Board meeting • Welcome reception

  7. Go to see them . . . • In Springfield • Local Office • Community events

  8. Take students . . . • Legislative breakfast • Community events • Church events

  9. Legislator Librarian Visibility Visibilty Program support Support Job security Funding Re-election Benefits

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