Successful library fundraising : best practices

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z683.2.U6 S83 2014
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Available

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Summary

Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices brings together a wealth of information from public, academic, special, and school libraries who share their successful approaches to raising funds through a variety of traditional and "outside-the-box" methods:



Library development (cultivating donors) Endowments Corporate financing Special events Friends' groups and volunteers Grants, and more

Fundraising is critical in today's economic climate. Tips and ideas from this volume will help library professionals gain confidence to begin a fundraising program or improve their current fundraising activities.

Contents

  • Preface p. vii
  • 1 Fundraising for Public Libraries with Author Events p. 1 Andy Kahan
  • 2 Crazy Smart: Creative Approaches to Developing Your Donor Pipeline and Increasing Support p. 19 Thomas B. Hadzor and Kurt H. Cumiskey
  • 3 Selling Used Books to Generate Library Funds p. 35 Jane Rutledge
  • 4 Discovery Calls: Expanding Your Donor Base and Donor Pipeline for Future Library Support p. 51 Dwain Posey Teague
  • 5 The Campaign for Seattle's Public Libraries: Buildings, Programs, and Endowment p. 65 Terry R. Collings
  • 6 Taking a Campaign Public: The Community Phase of the Campaign for Seattle's Public Libraries p. 81 Jonna Ward
  • 7 Strategies for Seeking External Funding in a Health Science Library p. 97 Hannah F. Norton and Mary E. Edwards and Michele R. Tennant and Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
  • 8 Developing the Potential of a Library's Board p. 113 Christina Muracco
  • 9 Quick Wins in Planned Giving for Libraries: Documenting Simple Bequests p. 129 Karlene Noel Jennings
  • 10 Special Collections and Outreach p. 141 Sidney Berger
  • 11 A Public Library's Multifaceted Approach to Fundraising p. 157 Gina Millsap and LeAnn Meyer
  • 12 Digital Philanthropy and Libraries p. 171 Lee Price
  • Index p. 193
  • About the Contributors p. 195

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