Patrick “PC” Sweeney, MLIS, is deputy director of the EveryLibrary Institute. He previously was the administrative librarian of the Sunnyvale (CA) Public Library and was executive director of EveryLibrary California. He was awarded a Library Journal Mover and Shaker award in 2015 for his library advocacy work and received a 40 Under 40 award by the American Association of Political Consultants for his work fighting for libraries at EveryLibrary. He is co-author of Winning Elections and Influencing Politicians for Library Funding as well as Before the Ballot; Building Support for Library Funding. He is a lecturer at the San José State University School of Information where he teaches courses on politics and libraries.

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"We do know that the single, biggest motivator to encourage people to take action on behalf of their libraries - it's not the posters on the walls, it's not the Facebook post, it's people's belief in their relationship to their librarian. If the public believes, trusts, and values those individuals, they're way more likely to take positive action on behalf of those organizations."

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