Librarians may most effectively promote library legislation needed to further the goals of libraries and library service through legislative lobbying activities. The legal basis for library legislation exists in the undisputed fact that libraries are agencies of learning and therefore merit the same legislative attention as schools. The most basic form of legislation provides for national libraries and library services. Legislation also establishes planning and policy making commissions, and provides financial support for facilities, materials, and professional training. Professional associations of librarians are ideally situated to promote legislative lobbying activities. In the United States, the American Library Association and the Association of American Library Schools have insured representation of library interests at the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Legislative lobbying by professional associations in West Germany has resulted in the enactment of model library laws. Effective lobbying efforts have been reported by associations in the Philippines, Yugoslavia, Nigeria and Latin America, while direct cooperation with governmental commissions in Senegal and the Netherlands has also produced favorable actions. On the international level, a primary goal of the International Federation of Library Associations should be assistance to national associations in pursuing legislative objectives. (RAA)