National Friends of Libraries Week

PR Materials

Editable Materials

• Sample Press Release
• Sample Letter to the Editor
• Sample Proclamation for a Public Library
• Sample Proclamation for an Academic or School Library
• 2007 New York State Proclamation from the Empire Friends

Camera Ready Materials

• Bookmarks- print on legal size paper and then cut to 3.5" wide by 8.5" tall.

Follow these instructions to download the Poundstone PSA's to your computer:

• Click here to download the 47.1 MB package. Save it to your hard drive.
• Once downloaded, double click on the Video_TS.exe file to extract the package to your computer.
• To play the 15 second PSA double click on "VTS_01_1.VOB" located in the folder you just extracted. A window will likely pop up saying "Windows cannot open this file..." Choose the button for "Select the program from a list." and then select "Windows Media Player" or your other default media player. The PSA should now play.
• To play the 30 second PSA double click on "VTW_02_1.VOB." Follow the process to select Windows Media Player to view the 30 second PSA.

To imbed the PSA's directly on your website:

• Visit FOLUSA on YouTube and click on either the 15-second or 30-second PSA's. On the right of the actual video you will see a text box label "Imbed." Copy the text in that box and paste it directly into your HTML or other website coding. This will imbed the PSA on your site so that visitors can view the PSA directly without having to click through to YouTube.