[Baynet] Infopeople's "All Politics Is Local" workshop

[Linda Rodenspiel]

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

 

Title:  All Politics Is Local

 

Dates and locations:

 

Thursday, April 2, San Francisco Public Library

Monday, April 20, Buena Park Library District

Friday, May 1, Solano County Library, Fairfield

Friday, May 8, Fresno Woodward Park Library

Wednesday, May 13, Santa Barbara Public Library

 

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/413

 

Fee: There is a $75 fee for this workshop.

 

We librarians spend a lot of time worrying about and lobbying for state and
federal funding, but the overwhelming majority of public library funding
comes from local elected bodies - city councils and boards of supervisors.
We need to shift our focus to deal with these groups, and to do that we need
to learn how to participate in the local political scene and make it work on
behalf of our libraries. 

 

. Who are the politicians who are making decisions about our libraries? 

. What is the meaning of the opinion polls the newspapers report? 

. With whom should library supporters ally themselves? 

. How can we persuade our Boards or Friends organization that this is
important? 

 

The "All Politics Is Local" workshop will address all these issues. 

 

Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will introduce students to the
concepts of local political advocacy, and through hands-on exercises will
teach the following skills: political profiling, opinion poll analysis,
choosing coalition partners, citizen advocacy committees, and going to the
voters. 

 

Preliminary Course Outline

 

. Profiling Elected Officials and Opinion Leaders 

Who are the elected officials and opinion leaders? 

What do we need to know about them? 

How do we talk to them? 

. Opinion Polling 

. Advocacy Coalitions 

Which organizations might make useful allies 

What does the library advocacy organization have to offer? 

What does the organization have to offer? 

. Half of Life is Turning Up 

Where and at what events should library supporters be seen? 

Recruiting and training a local advocacy group 

. Winning Tax or Bond Elections 

 

Instructor:  Anne Turner.  Anne has recently retired as the Director of the
Santa Cruz City-County Library System.  Prior library service included
directorships in Lowell and Amherst, Massachusetts, and a stint as a
Reference Librarian at a small college in Western Massachusetts.  A past
President of the California Library Association, she now edits that
organization's magazine, CLARION. She has written extensively for the
library press, and is the author of four books.

 

Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California public library community who
is interested in becoming a library leader or is already in a leadership
position. This course is also appropriate for trustees and commissioners.

 

Please note: This workshop is supported by local funding, not by LSTA.

 

Prerequisites: None 

 

 

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Other Logistics:

 

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM; instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM.

 

*Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/workshop/location .  Infopeople does not validate or
pay for parking.

 

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch.  Since some training
locations do not have in-house or convenient food service.  Infopeople
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

 

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop .

 

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.

 

 

 

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