Successful Library Fundraising

Download or read book Successful Library Fundraising written by M. Sandra Wood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.