Trustee Resources

Advocacy Toolkits

The Regional Systems Advocacy Committee, comprised of the seven regional system Board Chairs and CEOs, collaborated on the preparation of the following advocacy How-To-Guide and a Handout/Takeaway document for Alberta libraries. These items can be shared with community members to encourage them to write their own letters or tell their stories.

• Advocacy How - To Guide
• Advocacy Handout - Takeaway
• Advocacy Handout - LARGE LIBRARIES

COMING SOON! A municipal advocacy toolkit is now under development with the Regional Systems Advocacy Committee, which is focused on how to tell your story to your Council. This will be posted as soon as it is available.  

Municipal Affairs

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs assists municipalities in providing well-managed, collaborative and accountable local government to Albertans.

• Local Appropriation and Public Library Statistics
• Funding, Grants, Statements of Receipts, Budget for Public Library Boards

The Alberta Library (TAL)

The Alberta Library is a province-wide consortium that serves 48 member libraries in over 300 locations across the province. 

TAL

Library Associations

• Alberta Association of Library Technicians (AALT)
• Alberta Library Trustees Association (ALTA)
• Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA)
• Foothills Library Association (FLA)
• Library Association of Alberta (LAA)