Voter registration and voter engagement are important because an engaged and informed electorate is a basic need for the future of libraries.  Now imagine if all your library’s users were registered voters!

Last fall WiLS collaborated with WLA to hold 6 regional meetings, to gather staff from all kinds of libraries and discuss how each works to raise the visibility of their library in the community.

Read Best Small Library in America 2012: The Independence Public Library, KS to learn how the library's small staff of 8 strove to save it from closure, by building relationships within the community and with local legislators.

Library Card Sign-up Month — September —  is when librarians remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Be part of the national effort to ensure every child signs up for his or her own library card! Here are the tools you can use:

If you know someone who questions the value of libraries, use points from 10 Ways Libraries Matter in a Digital Age to prove the worth of libraries.

Here in a nutshell are the points; read the full article for details:

Thoughts on being a library advocate: