Advocacy Toolkit

PLASC is building a robust advocacy toolkit for public library archivists. The Steering Committee will be adding to the list of items below over time, and feedback on these resources is encouraged. Contact publibarchives@gmail.com with comments or suggestions.

• Archival Advocacy in a Post-COVID World: Findings from a Public Library Archives & Special Collections National Survey (2021), a white paper on a 2020 PLASC survey;
• A Public Library Archivists' Guide to Crafting an Elevator Speech (modeled on SAA's Crafting Your Elevator Speech);
• Free advocacy bookmarks that include useful resources for preserving digital memories, family papers, and oral histories
• PLASC Media Kit, including freely downloadable slides, button graphics, and editable versions of the files linked to above.

Advocacy toolkit documents can be adapted and shared widely under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.