Library Advocacy Now! Training

Librarians can learn how to speak up about some of the most challenging issues facing libraries today at a Library Advocacy Now! Training on January 21, 2006, at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio. The session, entitled "Google? Library closings? The USA PATRIOT Act? Access? Funding?: Speaking Up About the Hard Issues," will feature an overview of challenging issues that libraries face at both the local and national levels. Attendees will learn to develop, reframe and refine key messages, techniques for dealing with tough questions and strategies for making sure the compelling library message is heard at the local, state and federal levels