“It is my belief that libraries whisper about what we do. To change perceptions we need to shout.”

Head of Service

We're delighted to share our new publication, Library Advocacy: A Beginner's Guide. This short guide is full of ideas and inspiration to strengthen local advocacy efforts and help libraries raise their profile. The advice comes from extensive conversations with experienced heads of service as well as experts from other areas of local government and the wider public sector.

The guide is aimed primarily at new heads of service without extensive advocacy experience, or who may have libraries within their remit for the first time. We hope, however, that library leaders of all experience levels will find something useful here.

If you have suggestions for a future edition of this guide please email: info@librariesconnected.org.uk.

Thank you to all the library leaders and other experts who contributed to this guide, and to Buttercrumble for the design and illustration.