Public Awareness Tools
FLA Supports School Media Specialists
- Letter Supporting Pasco County Media Specialists
- Letter Supporting Sarasota County Media Specialists
For every tax dollar received , Florida public libraries provide $8.32 in value
ReadingPals - reading recommendations supporting the SEEDS curriculum from Jacksonville Public Library (pdf)
Preventing "Summer Slump" - a bibliography prepared by Florida Division of Library and Information Services
How Libraries Stack Up: 2010 OCLC Report
2010 ALA Access Study
2010 State of America's Libraries Report
ALA - Reliable data to support your advocacy messages
Toolkit from the Texas Library Association
Thirty Second TV Spots
Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) produced three 30 second television spots in 2006 for promoting web-based services available thrugh local libraries. Each of the spots promotes one of the services below.
- Ask a Librarian, Florida's collaborative virtual reference program
- iBorrow, a user based interlibrary loan program
- Library electronic services in general
They are available to download at no cost and can be used on cable and other TV channels, closed circuit systems, and on Web sites. If you use them, please be sure to inform TBLC about their use and impact.
