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PC Sweeney
Making it Happenor
Keeping the Party Going
Patrick “PC” Sweeney@pcsweeney
www.pcsweeney.com
Libraryland Ecosystem
Building voter support for libraries
EveryLibrary’s Successes
Building voter support for libraries
Why Talk in Terms of Voters
The Numbers Are Great!
Building voter support for libraries
Civic Attitudes
● 94% of Parents say libraries are important for their children. 79% say “very important”. 2
● 58% of Americans have a library card. 3
● 62% of card holders have visited the library in the last year at least once.4
2. Pew, May 2013
3 and 4. Harris Interactive | ALA, January 2011
Building voter support for libraries
Voter Attitudes
Nationwide, of all voters:
37% will Definitely vote yes for the library37% will Probably vote yes for the library
26% will Probably or Definitely vote no or may vote either way.
Building voter support for libraries
Party Affiliation Doesn’t Matter
Building voter support for libraries
Library Card Stats Don’t Matter
Building voter support for libraries
Library Use Doesn’t Matter
Building voter support for libraries
What Does Matter
Building voter support for libraries
What do politicians respond to?
Building voter support for libraries
What can we get?
Building voter support for libraries
Identify Supporters of You
ALATT: A Brief History
80% is Just Showing Up
Find a Partner
Find a Group
Be More than Colleagues
Build Lines of
Communication
Share Successes
Ask for Help
Offer To Help
Give Up Some Control
Attend Events
Create Your Own Events
Connect People
Subversive Groups
Follow Up
Talk to More People
Say Yes! But Sometimes Say No
Get Out of the Library
TheKen Haycock
Rule
A Little More Organized
Face-to-Face
Guitar Library
Library Roadshow
Seed Library
Graffiti Project
Makingithappen.us
The Story Sailboat
LibLab
From - http://www.slideshare.net/jill_hw/nyac-2012
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PC Sweeney
Making it Happenor
Keeping the Party Going
Patrick “PC” Sweeney@pcsweeney
www.pcsweeney.com
