ALA Cognotes January Preview Midwinter Meeting - 17


COGNOTES

JANUARY 2017 PREVIEW

17

RUSA, United for Libraries Host
Discussion on Library Advocacy
Best
Practices at Midwinter 2017
 

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n partnership with  United for Libraries, the  Reference and User Services
Association (RUSA)  is hosting "Are
you a Proactive or Reactive Advocate? Best
Practices from Academic and Public Library
Supporters," an engaging discussion on
best practices for library advocacy at ALA's
Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta. The discussion will take place on Monday, January 23
from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in room A301 of
the Georgia World Congress Center.  All
ALA Midwinter attendees are encouraged
to participate.
This discussion will feature experienced
library advocates as they share their insights
on how to be a proactive advocate for your library and how to respond when a budget crisis hits. What advocacy lessons can academic
and public libraries learn from each other?
Attendees will be able to share their own experiences and learn from each other. Discussion leaders include Dustin Fife, Director of
Library Services for Western State Colorado
University and Donna McDonald Director
of the Arkansas River Valley Regional Library
in  Dardanelle, Ark.  Discussion organizers
are Susan Schmidt, United for Libraries
President 2016-2017, and Joseph Thompson, RUSA President 2014-2015.
Fife has also served as the Outreach
Librarian for Utah Valley University and as
the Library Director for San Juan County

Public Libraries. He was a 2016 Library
Journal Mover & Shaker and the 2015-2016
President of the Utah Library Association. 
More than anything, Fife believes that library
advocacy, evangelism, and outreach is about
connecting with people individually, wherever they may be physically, intellectually, or
otherwise. Some have come to realize that
"there is no spoon." Fife believes that there
are no library walls.
McDonald has been in her current position for 17 years and during this time was
named by the Governor to the Arkansas
State Library Board, where  she served as
the first public librarian on the Board for
seven years, both as vice chair and chair. She
received the Bessie B Moore Trustee Award
from the Arkansas Library Association in
2009.  She  is  very  involved  in United for
Libraries/ALTAFF  and has served on the
Publications Committee, Executive Committee, as president, and now  as secretary.
McDonald has completed  PLA's  "Turning
the Page 2.0" and has successfully trained
advocates through the  State Library. She
has served on various ALA advocacy committees and has attended ALA's Legislative
Day for many years. She notes that, "being an
advocate means being engaged and engaging,
consistent and steady each and every day."
Get more information and add this to
your schedule now.

Attendees crowd the aisles during last year's Exhibits Opening Reception
in Boston. The Exhibits are open Friday through Monday, January 20-23
at the 2017 Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta.

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ALA Midwinter ConferenCe
SAturdAy, JAnuAry 21, 2017
8:30-10:00AM
GeorGiA worLd ConGreSS Center
rooM A302

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