Sara Ada does a spot-on Adele in this fantastic YouTube video that's definitely worth sharing on your library's website or Facebook page. She sings new lyrics to the instrumentals for Adele's hit song "Rolling in the Deep".

Here are part of the lyrics to "If You Love to Read":

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.

The sixth annual National Friends of Libraries Week is October 16-22, 2011. Use this event as a time to ...

A newly-updated version of  The Small but Powerful Guide to Winning Big Support for Your Rural Library is now available online and as a free PDF download.

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: