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Advocacy is such an essential component of librarianship that it should be included in one or more LIS core courses and not just in an elective course some students might miss. Including the subject in a required library management course allows all students to discover the difference between marketing and advocacy; the importance of advocacy to the future of libraries; and the necessary role of all library staff in advocacy to all stakeholders, all the time. LIS students, regardless of their career goals, also would benefit in the job market by knowing more about finance and budgets. An understanding of where the money comes from and why, and how it is spent, is the underpinning of effective advocacy. Elsa Kramer, MLS Adjunct Faculty School of Library and Information Science Indiana University - Indianapolis [log in to unmask] > >Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:58:13 -0500 >From: "Crowley, Bill" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Sam's post > > >Greetings All: > >I agree that teaching effective advocacy has become a necessity for >all library and information education programs that have any >interest whatsoever in (a) their futures, (b) the prospects of their >graduates, and (c) the fortunes of the various components of the >library, information, knowledge, and archival professions. Almost >all the chapter authors of Defending Professionalism: A Resource for >Librarians, Information Specialists, Knowledge Managers, and >Archivists, an in-process Libraries Unlimited work, found themselves >dealing with the necessity of effective advocacy in all the contexts >noted. In addition to describing the need, the authors offered a >range of solutions. Once such solution was the recommendation that >all library and education programs offer a course in advocacy. > >Regards, >Bill >Bill Crowley, Ph.D. >Professor >Graduate School of Library and Information Science >Dominican University >7900 West Division Street >River Forest, IL 60305 >708.524.6513 v >708.524.6657 f ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] ><http://www.gslis.dom.edu>www.gslis.dom.edu >