Publisher's Synopsis
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.
