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South Carolina Library Advocacy Campaigns

Advocacy for South Carolina Libraries

Reasons to Love Libraries - Share your Story

All South Carolina Libraries are invited to share uplifting and impactful library stories with their community and the legislators who serve them. This campaign is supported by SCLA, SCASL, APLA and FOSCL. Interested libraries or participants do not have to hold a membership to any affiliated organization to submit. 

The fourth edition of Share Your Story will focus on the theme of "Reasons to Love Libraries". This theme is meant to be open, inclusive, and flexible to all library stories from the past year. Here is a brief list of suggested stories to be included:

  • List of reasons to love your library
  • Summer Reading Statistics and Library Stories
  • K-12 library program stories
  • Public Library community programs and borrower statistics
  • Academic library outreach efforts and impact on student success
  • Special library efforts (Medical, archives, and more)
  • Patron experiences and letters

All libraries, all stories, and all efforts are encouraged.

Submissions closed on January 24th, 2025

Submit your story

 

This is a google form and requires a sign in - if you do not want to sign in, email Virginia directly. 

  • Present - October 31st : First Draft (use at legislator meetings)
  • October till January 24th: Final Draft
  • February 10th - Deliver Digital eBook
  • Mid-February - Professionally print Small Batch of eBook -Use for budget meetings & SCASL hill day
  • After February - Deliver to Federal Legislators

Libraries should submit one photo and one narrative detailing success stories, patron stories, resources used, or community event stories. Form Requirements:

  • Submitter's email
  • Contact Name
  • Library's Federal District
  • Library Name
  • Library's Address
  • Library's website
  • Story Narrative
  • One Image (PNG or JPG)
  • If your name should be included (Y/N)
  • Available to all library funding advocacy events such as;
    budget hearings, advocacy hill days, and National Library Legislative Day
  • Personal Printing to have at your library
  • Inclusion in library annual report