Holly Jones
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Advocate for public policies, laws, organizations, and resources that promote a just information society.
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Library advocacy is important either on the local, state, national or global level in all types of library settings. The first step to creating an advocacy group is to build partnerships and coalitions among colleagues, supporters and community members. Identifying key decision makers and influential stakeholders to serve as advisors, assist with developing strategies, identify barriers and support, collaborate, gather information and tap into others skill sets and knowledge. Libraries need strategies and solutions to access resources, funding and discuss new policies and objectives. Librarians that take advantage of advocacy opportunities benefit from increasing awareness, taking an active role in making real changes toward creating more opportunities in the community (Kachel, 2016).
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The websites, video and presentations were included because each references resources and infomation that pertain to accessability and finding ways to lessen barriers and make opportunites more open to all people. The ALA Bill of Rights paper explores information access and accessiblity issues. I explored information access through the lense of the Director responding to a book challenge by a parent based on library policies (Editorial from the Library Director). Information access, a right to privacy and freedom to access information were all issues explored througth the moral, legal and ethical frameworks (Information Ethics and Policy Paper) as summarized from the Information Ethics class. While these artifacts scratch the surface on the advocacy issues, I believe they are evidence that the foundation for further work has been laid.
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Kachel, D. (2016). Collaboration in advocacy. Teacher Librarian, 44(1). Retrieved on November 7,