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New Jersey Libraries Advocacy in Tough Times

New Jersey Libraries Advocacy in Tough Times. Advocating in a Tough Economy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop ALA Midwinter Meeting –San Diego, California January 7, 2011. Peggy Cadigan, Associate State Librarian for Innovation, New Jersey State Library

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New Jersey Libraries Advocacy in Tough Times

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  1. New Jersey LibrariesAdvocacy in Tough Times Advocating in a Tough Economy: An Advocacy Institute Workshop ALA Midwinter Meeting –San Diego, California January 7, 2011 Peggy Cadigan, Associate State Librarian for Innovation, New Jersey State Library Patricia Tumulty, Exec. Director, New Jersey Library Association

  2. Digital Natives

  3. Advocacy tools

  4. Advocacy

  5. Over 104,000 people have used a computer in this library since 2002!

  6. March 2010 Treasury proposed cuts Statewide library services eliminated ($10. 4million - 74% cut) • By losing this state aid, we would lose matching federal aid - $4.5 million • State Library Appropriation was eliminated • $8.8. million appropriated to Rutgers for Capitol Campus in Trenton. • Half of Per Capita State Aid eliminated and program moved to NJ Department of Community Affairs

  7. Advocacy is never ending…

  8. Peggy Birdsall Cadigan New Jersey State Library Associate State Librarian for Innovation pcadigan@njstatelib.org Patricia Tumulty Executive Director New Jersey Library Association ptumulty@njla.org

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