Follett Partners with EveryLibrary
Follett has partnered with EveryLibrary, a Chicago-based political action committee dedicated to advocating for libraries and librarians at the state level. The Follett-EveryLibrary partnership will initially focus its work on school library associations in six states: Illinois, Washington, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Florida, and Mississippi. Though each state effort will be different, according to EveryLibrary, the goals will be similarly focused to bring back school librarians to schools and expand funding equitably across schools and districts. Follett’s support of the initiative will, the companies explained, allow EveryLibrary to execute targeted outreach and activism in the targeted states, and help bring attention to pending bills in state legislatures, such as Pennsylvania and Nevada, which are calling for more librarians in each school. The partnership is also intended to help school library associations—most notably in Florida, Washington and Illinois—address ongoing cuts that state budget choices are forcing on schools and districts.
