NYLA Lobby Day



Legislative Breakfast Reception 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: NYLA hosts an informal buffet breakfast for legislators and staff to meet with library advocates from around the state in Meeting Room Six in the Concourse of the Empire State Plaza. Legislators are also given the opportunity at this time to have their photos taken for the annual READ posters and bookmarks that are used to promote the Statewide Summer Reading Program.

Rally and Speeches: 11:30 a.m to noon. Library advocates rally in Meeting Room 6 to voice their support for library funding and provide a visual demonstration of the strength of the library community to legislators and their staffs. Various speakers are scheduled (Elected officials, NYLA leaders, etc).

Lobby Day Handout: Advocacy materials are distributed to Lobby Day attendees to use in their meetings with legislators and staff.

Visits with Legislators: Library advocates will visit one-on-one with their legislators to inform them of NYLA’s State Budget Priorities for the year.

Liz Reports from YSS Conference

On April 11th, I attended the NYLA YSS conference in Melville Long Island. While there, we were treated to two wonderful presenters. In the morning, Alex Flinn talked about where she gets her ideas for her YA books. She told several stories about how her first book, Breathing Underwater, had shown teenage girls the warning signs of an abusive relationship. She has had many girls thank her for her novel, and how it saved them from abuse. Her books vary from believable fiction to retellings of classic fairytales such as Beauty and the Beast.

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RSS Feed for New Stuff: What you can do

JA announced the availablitiy of an RSS feed for New Stuff (by library) from the New Stuff page on the PAC.

You can use this RSS feed on your blog to let your patrons know your recent additions. This is easily done by using the RSS widget on WordPress. (Other blogs will have a similar feature)

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