Even More Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends

CONTENTS
List of Figures
Preface
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. Raising Money for Libraries
1-1	Raising Money for Sundays
1-2	Ts & Bs!
1-3	Raising Money with Historical Photographs
1-4	Trivia at the Library
1-5	Youth Basketball Clinic
1-6	Read-a-Thon in Rochester (NY)
1-7	Hill Country Authors Series
1-8	Annual Book & Author Luncheon Fund-Raiser
1-9	Silent Auction Adds Dollars to Book Sale
1-10	Friends of the University of Arizona Libraries Raise Over $100,000 in Partnership with Basketball Coach
1-11	Taste of the Heights: A Friends Culinary Collection
1-12	What?s It Worth? A Collectibles and Antiques Appraisal Raises Money for Libraries
1-13	Gilfeather Turnip Festival in Wardsboro (VT)
1-14	Library Cats in Berks County Help Raise Funds and Awareness for Libraries
1-15	Gifts of Books and Materials 
1-16	Have a Heart, Give a Book
1-17	Phone-A-Thon and Honor with Books: Two Programs with a Happy Synergy
1-18	Endowment Plaque
1-19	Build for the Future: Campaign Naming Opportunities
1-20	Making ?The Ask?: Reaching Potential Donors in Your Community
1-21	Making ?The Ask? for Large Donations: Sample Letters to Get You Started
1-22	Making ?The Ask? for Large Donations: The Visit?The (Almost) Last Step
1-23	Sample Promotional Materials 
Chapter 2. Selling Books
2-1	Ongoing Book Sale, on the Honor System
2-2	Online Book Sales Raise More Money for Libraries
2-3	Used Bookstore
2-4	One Used Book Sale = $90,500 Raised!
2-5	How the Friends of the Houston (TX) Public Library Works with Booksellers at Their Book Sales
2-6	Friend-to-Friend, a Free Book Program
2-7	Price-Sorter Guidelines
2-8	Soliciting Book Donations
2-9	Sample Promotional Materials 
Chapter 3. Programs for Services and Outreach
3-1	Scholarship Program for Library Pages
3-2	Involve Your Friends in the Life of the Campus!
3-3	Honoring Faculty Scholars?Wake Forest University
 
3-4	Celebrating Scholarly and Creative Works at the University of Cincinnati
3-5	A Day of Distinguished Speakers, Photography, and Music at the University of Memphis
3-6	Faces of Courage
3-7	Author Program for Annual Friends Meeting
3-8	Talk of the Stacks at the Minneapolis Public Library
3-9	From One Note to a Symphony: One Book, One Community
3-10	The People?s University at the Minneapolis Public Library
1-1 Sample Promotional Materials 
Chapter 4. Advocacy and Public Awareness
4-1	Friends?The Library?s Ambassadors
4-2	Celebrating 75 Years of Library Service: Collaboration + Cooperation + Celebration = Success
4-3	Celebrating 100 Years of the Oldest Branch of the Chicago Public Library!
4-4	Raising the Library?s Profile with a Centennial Celebration
4-5	North Carolina?s Smartest Card Campaign
4-6	Special Alumni Collections Raise Library Awareness
4-7	Home Rule Charter Amendment Supports Fargo (ND) Public Library
4-8	Advocacy Mondays
4-9	I Love Libraries?Celebrating Libraries Virtually
4-10	Celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week
4-11	One Voice Can Make a Difference?Join the Annual Virtual March on Washington
4-12	The Advocacy Action Plan
Chapter 5. Building Membership in Friends
5-1	No More Used Book Sales!
 
5-2	Honoring Friends Benefactors
5-3	Getting and Keeping Members
5-4	Membership Drives That Work
5-5	Keeping in Touch with Members
5-6	Getting Corporate Members
5-7	Raising University Friends
5-8	Determining Benefits for Alumni and Donors
 
5-9	Surveying Friends Members
5-10	Surveying Friends and Trustees
5-11	Membership Samples
Chapter 6. Organizational Effectiveness
6-1	Getting and Keeping Motivated Volunteers
6-2	Beyond the Board Meeting?Voting Remotely
6-3	Friends? Standing Committees?Description of Charge
6-4	Sample Memorandum of Agreement Between the Library and the Friends
6-5	Bylaws?Friends of the Dublin (CA) Library
6-6	Bylaws?Friends of the Kettering University Library and Scharchburg Archives (Flint, MI)
6-7	Bylaws?San Antonio Public Library Foundation
6-8	University of Pittsburgh?s University Library System Marketing Communications Strategy/Plan
6-9	Friends of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library Strategic Plan for 2005?2007
Index
About the Authors