Details

Subject(s)

• Friends of the library—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]

Related name

• Friends of Libraries U.S.A. [Browse]

Summary note

Developed out of the questions that regularly come into Friends of Libraries U.S.A's (FOLUSA) main desk, this comprehensive, accessible resource is a one-stop treasure trove of information about the organization, personnel, finances, fund-raising, programs, and legal aspects of Friends groups. This book is for new and experienced Library Friends, library directors, outreach and volunteer coordinators, and anyone who needs information on Friends of Libraries issues and includes a CD that is packed with 75 customized forms, guidelines, and sample documents arranged by topic into nine folder. The book contains hundreds of cross-references and is keyed to the CD by other helpful cross-references.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99).

System details

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC or Macintosh; Microsoft Word (Word Mac 98 or Windows Word 6.0); Adobe Acrobat Reader; CD-ROM drive.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Fast Facts for Friends in a Hurry
• Academic Friends
• Accounting
• Advocacy
• Affiliations
• Agenda
• American Library Association
• Annual meeting
• Appraisals
• Audit
• Authors
• Awards
• Bank accounts
• Banner
• Best practices
• Board job descriptions
• Board meeting
• Board members, recruiting
• Board of directors
• Bonding of employees
• Book clubs
• Book sales
• Book sales, customer retention
• Book sales, dealers as volunteers
• Book sales, dealers at
• Book sales, donation of books for
• Book sales, etiquette
• Book sales, leftovers
• Book sales, media attention
• Book sales, merchandising
• Book sales, online auctions
• Book sales, online fixed-price
• Book sales, preparation for
• Book sales, previews for Friends members
• Book sales, pricing books
• Book sales, pricing policy
• Book sales, publicity for
• Book sales, selling online
• Book sales, smelly books
• Book sales, sorting for
• Book sales, volunteers
• Bookmarks
• Bookstores
• Branch Friends
• Brochures
• Budgets
• Bulk mail
• Bylaws
• Capital campaigns
• Cause-related marketing
• Center for the Book
• Charter members
• Citywide Friends
• Codes of conduct
• Coffee shops
• Commitment
• Committees
• Community involvement
• Constitution
• Contracts
• Control
• Corporate support
• Correspondence
• Craft projects
• Demographics
• Development office
• Diversity
• Document storage
• Donations
• Due diligence
• Dues
• EIN number
• Elections
• Embezzling
• Endowments.
• Evaluation of programs
• Executive committee
• Executive director
• Finances
• Financial disclosure
• Fiscal policy
• Fiscal year
• Flowchart
• Foundations
• Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA)
• Fund-raising
• Fund-raising, prospect list for
• Genealogy
• Gift baskets
• Gift policy
• Gift shops
• Goals
• Grants
• Grievances
• Historian
• Honorary members
• Hospitality
• Incorporation
• Insurance policies
• Internet
• Issue statement
• Junior Friends
• Letter writing
• Library director
• Library Legislative Day
• Literacy
• Literary Landmarks
• Lobbying
• Logo
• Maintenance
• Marketing
• Media
• Meeting costs
• Meetings
• Membership
• Membership, lapsed
• Membership renewal form
• Memorial
• Minutes
• Mission statement
• Murder in the Library
• National promotions
• Newsletter
• Nominating committee
• Nonprofit status
• Office support
• Parades
• Partners, business
• PayPal
• Perks
• Planning
• Positioning.
• President
• Programs
• Programs, book-related
• Public service announcements
• Publications
• Publishers' websites
• Quorum
• Raffles
• Recognition
• Record keeping
• Resources
• Resumes
• Rewards
• Scholarships
• Secretary
• Software
• Speakers, fees for
• State and local requirements
• State Friends of Libraries
• State libraries
• Steering committee
• Strategic planning
• Successful Friends Policy
• Sunshine laws
• Talent show
• Tax exemption
• Technology
• Teen Friends
• Term of office
• Treasurer
• Tributes
• Trustees
• Vice president
• Volunteers.

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ISBN

083890856X (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004013275^^

OCLC

55645034

RCP

H - S

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