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REVEAL Project 1. What is advocacy?

REVEAL Project: Reinforcing Ethics and Values for Effective Advocacy for Libraries. Dr David McMenemy, University of Glasgow.

Video 1 in the REVEAL Project series, led by Dr David McMenemy at the University of Glasgow and supported by the CILIPS Research Fund, defines what we mean by advocacy, discussing techniques of rhetoric and argument.

Rhetoric and Library Advocacy: using the tools of rhetoric in your library advocacy can enhance your message. Logos - using logic and reason in your arguments and case - Ethos - the credibility and ethics of the speaker - Pathos - appealing to the emotions and feelings of the audience - and Kairos - communicating your message at the right time.

Return to the REVEAL Project homepage or select another section:

  1. What is Advocacy?
  2. Ethical Theories and Key Ethical Thinkers in Libraries
  3. The CILIP Ethical Framework
  4. Privacy and Libraries
  5. Freedom of Expression and Libraries
  6. Ethics of Information Organisation
  7. Intellectual Property and Libraries
  8. Contemporary Ethical Concerns in Library Provision
  9. Experiences of the Scottish Library Workforce
  10. How to Do Values-Driven Advocacy

REVEAL Resources

  1. REVEAL Project Literature Review
  2. Rhetoric and Library Advocacy (pdf version)
  3. Rhetoric and Library Advocacy (png version)
  4. S.R. Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science (pdf version)
  5. S.R. Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science (png version)
  6. Michael Gorman’s 8 Enduring Values of Librarianship (pdf version)
  7. Michael Gorman’s 8 Enduring Values of Librarianship (png version)
  8. A Truly Great Library – Jo Godwin (pdf version)
  9. A Truly Great Library – Jo Godwin (png version)
  10. Open to all – except the censor… President John F. Kennedy (pdf version)
  11. Open to all – except the censor… President John F. Kennedy (png version)
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