Public library advocacy

=== United Kingdom ===

=== United Kingdom ===

"Voices for the Library", a UK-based public library advocacy campaign, was started in August 2010, by a group of library and informational professionals to campaign against proposed closures to UK public libraries. It is supported by individuals and professional groups, including [[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals|CILIP]], [[Special Libraries Association]] Europe (SLA Europe), and [[UNISON]]. A website was started in September 2010 providing views on the importance of libraries, and a list of libraries threatened with closure.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/06/uk-library-cuts-map | title=Mapping the UK library cuts | newspaper=The Guardian | date=10 January 2011}} Voices for the Library helped organise a "Save our libraries" day of action on 5 February 2011.http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=1092 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

The Library Campaign formed in 1984 leads Friends groups nationally as well as other user advocacy routes.{{Cite web |title=About Us – The Library Campaign |url=https://librarycampaign.com/about-us/ |access-date=2026-04-18 |language=en-US}} "Voices for the Library", a UK-based public library advocacy campaign, was started in August 2010, by a group of library and informational professionals to campaign against proposed closures to UK public libraries. It is supported by individuals and professional groups, including [[Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals|CILIP]], [[Special Libraries Association]] Europe (SLA Europe), and [[UNISON]]. A website was started in September 2010 providing views on the importance of libraries, and a list of libraries threatened with closure.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jan/06/uk-library-cuts-map | title=Mapping the UK library cuts | newspaper=The Guardian | date=10 January 2011}} Voices for the Library helped organise a "Save our libraries" day of action on 5 February 2011.http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=1092 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} The group closed in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Campaign group Voices for the Library to close |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/voices-library-close-657466 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

===United States===

===United States===