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Curate Your Library’s Supporters

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Libraryland Ecosystem

Building voter support for libraries

EveryLibrary’s Successes


Why Talk in Terms of Local Politics

First the Good News


The Numbers Are Great!


Civic Attitudes

● 94% of Parents say libraries are important for their children. 79% say “very important”. 2

● 58% of Americans have a library card. 3

● 62% of card holders have visited the library in the last year at least once.4

2. Pew, May 2013

3 and 4. Harris Interactive | ALA, January 2011


Voter Attitudes

Nationwide, of all voters:

37% will Definitely vote yes for the library37% will Probably vote yes for the library

26% will Probably or Definitely vote no or may vote either way.


Party Affiliation Doesn’t Matter


Library Card Stats Don’t Matter


Library Use Doesn’t Matter


What Does Matter


What do politicians respond to?


What can we get?


Ladder of Engagement

If you ignore everything else I say…



Social Media Apps 18-34 years old

DATA!!Building voter support for libraries

The P Word

What we do now


NEXT LEVEL!!


We need to change


But what does it do?


It’s a CMS

It Can Be Customizable

Documentation and Support

Uses Embed.ly

Certifications and Consultants

Expert Designer Architect

Lots of Architects

Event Management


Crowd Funding


Volunteer Management


Surveys and Polling


Email Management


Dashboard


Individual Profile


Add Tags to Profiles


Full Profiles


How has someone engaged


Create Lists of Individuals


Set follow-ups


Map your patrons


Gamification

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