Successful library fundraising : best practices

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    • Wood, M. Sandra

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Successful library fundraising : best practices

edited by M. Sandra Wood

Rowman & Littlefield, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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

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