  
Library Funding Success Stories, Best Practices, Expert Advice, and Innovative Ideas From 50+ Library Experts  This Book Can Help Your Public Library Survive Now And Develop Sustainable Funding for the Future. See review from The Voice for America's Libraries. It includes funding success stories, best practices, expert advice, and innovative ideas from more than 50 library experts across the U.S. Some success stories are based on traditional fundraising methods, often taken to a new level, like book sales that raise $1 million annually. Many successes come from extremely innovative ideas, e.g., 7 libraries in Ohio earn $8,000-$9,000 per week by being passport-application acceptance centers. The information in this book has never been brought together before, and much of it has never even been published before. Most of the ideas in the book are now being carried out successfully at one or more public libraries in the U.S. and can be replicated at others. The book also provides a basic understanding of how public library funding works in the U.S. today. And 21 reasons why we should all support our public libraries. Below are the Table of Contents and a list of the library experts and others interviewed for Saving Our Public Libraries. Most of the those interviewed are quoted extensively in the book. This 184-page softcover book is $19.99 plus shipping of $3.99. (Pennsylvania residents must also pay 7% sales tax - $1.40.) You can purchase online through Paypal. If you are a library, please include a contact phone number and your tax exempt number. (Paypal will charge PA libraries tax, but this will be refunded immediately as long as the requested information is supplied.) NOTE: This book can be purchased ONLY through this website (or through your local library if they would like to earn $2.50 per book by linking to my site - details below). This book can also be shipped internationally. International shipping is $14.95 for 1 or 2 books via Priority International Mail.
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Book Reviews, Feedback, and Media Coverage Library-Funding Talks and Workshops SAVING OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES TABLE OF CONTENTS Library Door (a poem) The Why of This Book The How of This Book My Best Advice to Libraries People Interviewed for This Book PART I SAVING OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES: WHY WE SHOULD Accurately Defining Libraries Types of Public Libraries: Urban, Suburban, & Rural, Plus a Mini Library Overview What Libraries Are Like Today including What You Can Check Out (You’ll Be Surprised!) Who Uses Public Libraries Today? Trustworthy Information, Caring Interactions: Why Librarians Are Still Invaluable The Importance of Community, Neighborhood, Branch Libraries The Myth about Libraries The Future of Libraries 21 Reasons Why We Should Support Our Libraries PART II SAVING OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES: HOW WE CAN SOLVE THE LIBRARY FUNDING DILEMMA Operational Funding The Short-Term Why of Library Funding Problems The Long-Term Why of Library Funding Problems Government Funding for Public Libraries: Local, State, and Federal Typical Library Budgets Public “Vs.” Private Operational Funding Success Stories and the Best Thinking about Funding Public Libraries in the U.S. Successes In Public Funding More Public Funding Ideas A Seat at the Table: Reaching Decision-Makers Changing the Playing Field How To Succeed in Fundraising, Public or Private Advocacy Why Fundraising, Marketing, and Public Relations Are NOT Dirty Words Private Funding Gives You Public Leverage. Marketing and Communications Making Your Library’s Case Meeting Community Needs Relationship! Relationship! Relationship! Keep the Long View in Mind. Successes through Creating Partnerships Succeeding in Private Fundraising: Friends, Foundations, Grants, and More How To Make It Easy and Enticing for Individuals, Businesses, and Others To Give to the Library Creating a Powerful Board Successes through Library-Generated Income Multi-Use Space: How Fixing Toilets Is Funding a Library Successes through Stretching Funding New Ideas & Out-of-the-Box Thinking for Creative Fundraising Silver Linings What Libraries Can Learn from Other Nonprofits How YOU Can Save Your Public Library A Few Interesting Facts and Figures about Libraries A Few Websites and Books of Interest A Few Quotable Quotes Re Libraries PEOPLE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BOOK. Most are quoted extensively in the book. Donna Bero, Executive Director, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, CA. Mary Kay Biagini, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Library and Information Science Program, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA. She was originally a school librarian, but for 6 years (1994-2000) she was immersed in public libraries as she headed the eiNetwork, which connects the 80 libraries in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County electronically. Tamitha Blocker, Member of the Governing Board, Madison County Library, AR. Mary Boone, State Librarian, State Library of North Carolina. Beverly Cain, State Librarian, State Library of Ohio. Audra Caplan, President, Public Library Association, on leave from the Harford County Public Library, MD, where she is the Director. Mary L. Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries, Institute of Museum and Library Services. Sandra Collins, Director, Northland Public Library, PA; formerly with the Weber County Library, UT. Frank Kurt Cylke, Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), The Library of Congress. Mary Dempsey, Commissioner, Chicago Public Library, IL. Bonnie V. DiCarlo, Friend and former Board member of the Carnegie Library of Homestead, PA. She is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Celebrate & Share, an organization that recognizes women of achievement in the community and raises money for non-profits that support women and children. Patrick Dowd, Councilman, Pittsburgh City Council. He is also one of the city’s representatives on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA. Nancy Downes, homeschool parent. She also has her own small business, Edits International. Christina Dunn, Director, National Library of Education, U.S. Department of Education. Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH, and former President of the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. Brad Fish, South Region Representative on the Board of the Allegheny County Library Association, PA. He is also Western PA Account Executive for the Scholastic Classroom and Library Group and has worked with school and public libraries for nearly 10 years. Sharon Flake, Author, The Skin I’m In, and six other award-winning books for young adults. Gloria Forouzan, Co-Founder, Save Pittsburgh Libraries, PA. Rhona Frazin, President & CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation, IL. Thomas W. Galante, CEO, Queens Library, NY. Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix, AZ. Kit Hadley, Director, St. Paul Public Library and former Director, Minneapolis Public Library, MN. David Harvey, President and CEO, ProLiteracy. Lisa Hochgraf, President, Friends of the Mendon Public Library, NY. Charla Irwin-Buncher, Annual Giving Manager, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA. Marilyn Jenkins, Executive Director, Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA), PA. Al Kamper, Public Library Building Consultant and on the Board of the Allegheny County Library Association, PA. Maureen Karl, Materials and Technology Division Chief, Arlington Public Library, VA. Nick Lane, Treasurer, Friends of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA. Judith Lesso and Paul Worona. Judith is a former Reference Librarian. Paul was formerly Information Technology Manager for a library as well as a Reference Librarian. Dale P. Lipschultz, Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, American Library Association. Sara Jane Lowry, Library Consultant. Frank Lucchino, Judge, Orphans Court, Pittsburgh, PA. Lucchino served on the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science under President Clinton. In 1991, he wrote The Quiet Crisis about libraries in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. He is currently heading the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Public-Private Taskforce on Sustainable Library Funding. Jim Ludlum, Business Manager, Montgomery County Friends of the Library, MD. Donna K. McDonald, Director, Arkansas River Valley Regional Library System, AR; Past Chair and Member, Arkansas State Library Board; and President Elect, Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), American Library Association. Glenn R. Miller, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Library Association. Ann Myren, former Director, Haines Borough Public Library, AK. Her firm, Resources & Results Consulting, LLC, helps nonprofits, municipalities, and tribes fund projects. Mary Nelesen, Volunteer Coordinator of Homebound Program for Friends of the Flathead County Library, Kalispell, MT. Vailey Oehlke, Director of Libraries, Multnomah County Library, OR. Timothy Owens, President, Association for Rural & Small Libraries. Peter Pearson, President, The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, MN, and Founder of Library Strategies. Frank A. Pezzanite, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Library Systems and Services, LLC (LSSI). Maria Polinsky, Director of Development, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, PA. Mitch Pomerantz, President, American Council of the Blind. C. L. Quillen, Coordinator of Public Services, The Old Bridge Library, NJ. Brian Ray, PhD, President, National Home Education Research Institute. Sally Gardner Reed, Executive Director, Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), American Library Association. Cynthia K. Richey, Director, Mt. Lebanon Public Library, PA. Audrey Ryan, Manager, Connections: Library Service for the Homebound, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL. Becky Schreiber and John Shannon, Schreiber Shannon Associates, organization development consultants who have worked with libraries since 1982. Julia Corbett Smith, concerned citizen. Linda C. Smith, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Rhonda Smith, homeschool parent. Laura Solomon, Library Services Manager, Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN). Roberta Stevens, President, American Library Association. On leave from the Library of Congress where she was Outreach Projects and Partnerships Officer, and Project Manager, National Books Festival. Kimberly Schevtchuk, library user. Marion Wible, user of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Brian Wolovich, a teacher who is spearheading a grassroots campaign to create a library in Millvale, PA, an economically disadvantaged suburb of Pittsburgh. Beth Yoke, Executive Director, The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), American Library Association. |