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Stay up-to-date with EveryLibrary's work.

Announcing Support for Spokane County, WA and Darby, MT Library Communities

June 18, 2015

We're proud of the work we’re doing to build voter support for libraries. Following on our success with New Orleans and River East, IL.

How Your Friends and Other Groups can Support Your Library Campaign

June 16, 2015

This post was written by Susan Swanton, Board Member At Large New York Library Association's Board of the Friends of Libraries Section.

EveryLibrary Artist-In-Residence

June 10, 2015

EveryLibrary is pleased to announce that we've chosen Cincinnati, Ohio based artist/librarian Steve Kemple as our first "Artist-In-Residence".

Responding to Opposition

June 09, 2015

This post was written by EveryLibrary Board Members Peter Bromberg and PC Sweeney.

In the BCALA Spring Newsletter

June 05, 2015

We're very happy to be featured in the most recent BCALA News with an op-ed called "Five Huge Lessons for Librarians from Political Campaigns". And we're excited to present at their 9th NCAAL in St. Louis this August. More info on registration is at http://www.bcala.org/index.php/newsevents/ncaal-conference.

EveryLibrary Announces VoteLibraries.org

June 02, 2015

EveryLibrary Announces VoteLibraries, an Online Collection of Campaign Resources for Libraries  Chicago (June 2, 2015) - EveryLibrary, the first national political action committee for libraries, is pleased to announce the launch of VoteLibraries, a new campaign to give libraries the resources needed to advocate for themselves in their communities.

The Library Tax is Different Part Two

May 26, 2015

This is the second of two posts written by Lance Werner, Director for Kent District Library (MI). EveryLibrary worked with KDL in 2014 on a 10 year levy renewal for about $20.06 million per year which passed successfully.

Kern County and Bakersfield Coverage

May 24, 2015

We are glad to see the coverage that the Bakersfield Californian gave to our visit there a few days back. EveryLibrary is in a unique position to be 'on the ground' with library stakeholders, staff, and leadership early in the process of considering how to best fund their library.

The Library Tax is Different Part One

May 19, 2015

This is the first of two posts written by Lance Werner, Director for Kent District Library (MI).

Five Big Lessons from EveryLibrary Campaigns for Librarians

May 12, 2015

The library ecosystem already has a significant number of non-profits, charities, membership organizations, and foundations doing advocacy. EveryLibrary doesn’t do advocacy. We try and win elections for libraries.

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