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100 Interesting Ways to
Advocate for School
Libraries
or perhaps a few….
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#1
Slipping things into people’s mailboxes.Listening to people’s conversations.
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#2
Be the “just in time” person.
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#3
Be nosy.
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#4
Bribery.Take the English Dept. out to buy books.This’ll make them happy.
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#5
Put a different spin on it.Advocate for the students, not “you”.
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#6
Share the success at a staff meeting.(e.g. the tale of a difficult kid finding a great book in the library)
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#7
Find out what someone else wants and piggy back on it. Show how the library program can help them achieve what they want.
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#8
Look at our value. We have connections to every curriculum area.
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#9
Train others to do the advocating for you.
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#10
Host everything.Be a museum, funeral, art gallery ...
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#11
Data may be scary but can work in our benefit. Collect current Canadian action research showing how TLs lead to student success.
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#12
Quantify the quality work
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#13
Make data collection relevant and align with school plan
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#14
Quantify the lunch time patrons. e.g. student volunteers collecting stats on what students are doing in the library
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#15
Technological proficiency.Be the go-to tech person, to show how it works, etc.
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#16
Be the human hub and model the change.
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#17
Don’t be a classroom refugee.Library is not a place to hide bad teachers.
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#18
Get invited to the table - somehow.Even if it means bringing snacks.
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#19
Make it welcoming.e.g. allow kids to bring in their backpacks to the library
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#20
Get a library camera.Take good quality pictures often.
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#21
Instead of a long written report, why not give a Prezi with visuals or an infographic?
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#22
Use Twitter.The parents follow.
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#23
Do part of your principal’s job for them.Come up with SMART goals for their SIP plan.Protect your problem.
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#24
On a flat screen TV, have a USB key and show images / highlights from library.
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#25
During Parent-Teacher interview night, share with parents what we do in the library.Hold the book fair, in elementary.Hold the interviews in the library, in secondary.
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#26
Offer a story time for the kindies with parents to help alleviate their school-starting anxiety. The library is a friendly, welcoming place where you can get info on eye screening, snowsuit sales, etc.
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#27
Use the library webpage.It’s working for you, 24-7.Keep it relevant.Teach through the webpage.