An Exploratory Survey of State Library Association Lobbying and Political Advocacy Practices

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Anthony Million, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research; Jenny Bossaller, University of Missouri

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Project Citation:

Million, Anthony, and Bossaller, Jenny. An Exploratory Survey of State Library Association Lobbying and Political Advocacy Practices. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-02-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E132301V1

Project Description

Summary: The data contained in this study relates to lobbying and political advocacy by state library associations in the United States. Each state has a library association that works to advance the profession, the interests of its members, and library services. To fill a gap in the literature, we conducted an exploratory survey of state library associations. Specifically, we surveyed the legislative chairs of state library associations and Chief Officers of State Library Association representatives. We collected data via Qualtrics during February 2019 and received thirty-five responses representing thirty-one states, including the District of Columbia. The survey contained quantitative and qualitative questions that were organized into six areas: how advocacy is carried out, perceived differences between advocacy and political advocacy, agenda-setting, the use of lobbyists, political partisanship, and education for advocacy in library and information science.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: lobbying; advocacy; libraries

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2017 – 2018

Collection Date(s): 2/1/2019 – 2/28/2019

Data Type(s): administrative records data; survey data

Collection Notes: The final dataset includes survey results, as well as administrative data regarding whether state law prohibits the use of public funds for lobbying, each state's population in 2017, total revenue that public libraries in each state received in 2017, and the tax status of each state's library association.

Methodology

Response Rate: Our survey for response rate was 61%.

Data Source: Data originated from our Web-based survey using Qualtrics, public information regarding state laws limiting public funds for lobbying compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures, 2017 National and State Population Estimates from the Census Bureau, the 2017 Institute of Museum and Library Services Public Library Survey, and public tax-status records from Guidestar.

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Geographic Unit: State

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