Ninety-eight percent of library funding relies on the political will of voters and politicians. If libraries want to increase or maintain library funding, they have to build political power and influence. There are a wide range of tactics that can be used to build and influence this power, but what are the underlying political advocacy theories that can be applied to all of the activities performed by a library? In this session we will explore many of the tools, tactics, and strategies used by some of the best community organizers, political action committees, and politicians and discuss applying them to librarianship.
