tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post8555290983070607434..comments2024-03-26T00:55:28.400-04:00Comments on The Daring Librarian: Letters for Libraries: Advocacy & Action!@GwynethJones - The Daring Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455804690126231910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post-31724859756679725332011-06-18T15:17:54.267-04:002011-06-18T15:17:54.267-04:00I respectfully disagree Alice. Or rather, I agree ...I respectfully disagree Alice. Or rather, I agree with your post but not your comment. <br /><br />I believe advocacy begins at home. If you believe that talking about your program is "self-serving" and wait for someone else to do it - how else will what we do be seen? As you said:<br />"Too many school librarians seem to subscribe to a “field of dreams” mythology: if you build a library, “they” will somehow know about it, and come and use it and value it."<br /><br />With that... I totally agree!@GwynethJones - The Daring Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455804690126231910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post-12602186881602914012010-02-23T11:35:38.589-05:002010-02-23T11:35:38.589-05:00Great post, Gwyneth! However, we cannot advocate ...Great post, Gwyneth! However, we cannot advocate for our own programs: that is self-serving and not really what advocacy means. See my post at http://aliceinfo.squarespace.com/blog/activate-comes-before-advocate.htmlAlice Yuchthttp://www.aliceinfo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128908838311784462.post-89193489143879277852010-02-22T21:42:14.246-05:002010-02-22T21:42:14.246-05:00Wow, Gweneth, I can't say it any better than y...Wow, Gweneth, I can't say it any better than you have!<br /><br />Now is the time for<br /><br />-Self advocacy for your own library program<br />-Advocacy for school, academic, and public libraries that at being threatened with severe budget cuts or closure.<br /><br />What is lost will not easily be regained.dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.com