Know how to pass a bill through your legislature. Know when and where key intervention must be made. Legislators are impressed when you know the process. The great thing about lobbying in the information age is that many library advocates can now get hold of proposed legislation, voting records, and background materials on-line. Most states now make this information available over the Internet or other service.
Local governments are less advanced, but more are signing on.
Find out how you can access this information for your fight. There's no excuse for a library advocate not having the facts. He is now a member of the Friends of the Library U.S.A. board of directors, and has spoken on library advocacy at state and national library conferences. Profiles, reports from the field, and archives newsletter articles. You needn't belong to the group to participate.