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* 1. Your Library

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* 2. Your Name and best way to contact you if we have questions to clarify your responses

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* 3. Do you plan to participate in Legislative Fall Forum on Oct. 5? 

For the next several sections, we will ask you to prioritize existing ideas that we have heard or collected over the last year. NOTE that we have NOT vetted this list, and ideas could be worded or grouped differently. Rather, we are simply listing every state legislative idea provided by members over the last year. We know that some of these are controversial, long shots, politically untenable or improbable. Note it does not include budget items or collaborations (adult literacy, pre-K) we already support or policies we would fight against (i.e. intellectual freedom challenges, change from appointed to elected boards, property/local income tax changes that hurt libraries or schools). It also does not include areas of advocacy that might include non-governmental partners, external relations or federal advocacy. 

We want you to assess and prioritize each idea from the perspectives of 1) the ILF Mission to advance library service for the benefit of Indiana residents and 2) the ILF Strategic Vision.
Think about:
* To what extent does a policy idea develop or engage a base of supporters for libraries in the long-term?
* To what extent would the policy idea help us move toward our vision of every resident having access to a high quality library from birth to death? or toward our 6 visions (value of libraries, responsive to needs, information literacy, innovations, exceptional staff, organizational strength)? 
* To what extent is the policy idea doable or easy to pass?

THEN in Questions 8-9, we will ask you your own personal/professional priorities for ILF in the short-term and long-term. We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses.

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* 4. ACCESS, SERVICES, PARTNERSHIPS, COLLABORATIONS - For each policy idea below, share YOUR assessment.

  Develops supporters? Importance to Vision? Ease of passage?
Expand library services definition to allow other types of services (BMV kiosk, Passport Center, Postal Service, etc.)
Reduce barriers to sharing resources (back-office, database) between publics, publics and schools or academics
Encourage certain partnerships within state or local government to increase awareness of utilization of libraries
Simplify processes to expand library services into unserved areas
Simplify county contractual rules/laws
Ensure 92 counties are fully served by library systems, collaborations or sharing agreements
Require 1 certified school librarian per x students, or per school, or per y classrooms, etc.
Enable 1 library card per resident for access to any library statewide (universal access)

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* 5. LIBRARY CARDS - For each policy idea below, share YOUR assessment.

  Develops supporters? Importance to Vision? Ease of passage?
Enable family non-resident cards or subsequent nonresident cards to a household member for fee or reduced cost
Enable free or reduced cost cards for people who work in a district
Remove language about cards from IN Code and allow a local decision only
Update PLAC, Public Library Access Card (explain how in comments)
Enable non-resident cards to out-of-state residents at non-resident rate without interstate library compact agreement
Enable teacher cards if they work in a district
Enable student e-cards for any student under 18 or enrolled in school

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* 6. FUNDING OF LIBRARY SERVICES - For each policy idea below, share YOUR assessment.

  Develops supporters? Importance to Vision? Ease of passage?
Enable a Library license plate to fund special initiatives
Update Code so that library does not need external approval to spend money it already saved for a specific purpose
Make permanent the amount/percentage/allowance from Local Income Tax to library, esp if bond-dependent
Create special allocation in budget to assist with literacy efforts, collaborations, capital projects, special initiatives
Require certain level of spending per student in school library resources

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* 7. GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT - For each policy idea below, share YOUR assessment.

  Develops supporters? Importance to Vision? Ease of passage?
Simplify who appoints library board members
Enable perks for uncompensated library board members (reduced fees, fines, book sales)
Simplify ways for libraries to consolidate functions, or to merge
Enable pooling of health insurance for public libraries as is allowed for schools

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* 8. TECHNOLOGY, QUALITY and MISC - For each policy idea below, share YOUR assessment.

  Develops supporters? Importance to Vision? Ease of passage?
Expand broadband for libraries or for residents (hotspots, pop-up antennae, community WIFI)
Encourage open source textbooks (describe how in comments)
Expand information literacy courses/curricula
Require volunteer libraries to provide annual report for services received through ISL
Change LEU requirements or methodology for public librarians; require some level of experience for certified school librarian

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* 9. YOUR #1 SHORT-TERM PRIORITY FOR ILF in 2018-2019 (please assess by what you think ILF should prioritize that would help develop and engage supporters; note we removed certain improbable items for 2018)

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* 10. YOUR #1 LONG-TERM PRIORITY FOR ILF (please assess what you think ILF should be focused on for the long-term over several years which may drive the types of short-term policies we support; note we removed certain "easier" items)

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* 11. Learnings from other states?  Is there a legislative proposal from another state that we could model or avoid? Be specific. 

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* 12. What else should the Legislative Committee know about needs, trends or policy issues as we plan Fall Forum and our ILF policy priorities in the short-term and long-term?

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* 13. STRATEGIES - Developing the policy priorities is only the first step. Then we must implement our advocacy strategy. Please help us understand your comfort level and experience in each of the areas.

  Comfortable/experienced Not comfortable or experienced, yet INTERESTED Not comfortable or experienced and NOT INTERESTED
Talking with legislators in my district
Talking with legislators at the statehouse
Writing letters to the editor/columns
Asking my board members to talk to legislators
Asking my Friends, Foundations, Vendors to talk with legislators
Asking key leaders or influencers in my community to contact legislators
Organizing a library tour by legislators
Posting library information or an advocacy piece in my library
Communicating with patrons about library advocacy
Participating in a common ILF messaging campaign

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* 14. Is there anything else you would want to share about ILF Advocacy?

If you made it to # 14, we really appreciate your time and careful consideration. Don't forget to hit submit below. Thank you!

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