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A Grand Tour of Alternative Funding
Libraries are looking beyond tax dollars for their support...here's a compendium of creative funding solutions.
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Best Small Library in America 2008 Guidelines
Has your library (over the past 2 years) raised its profile in your community, reached out to new users and remote users, and used technology to support & grow patron access to materials and information? Apply by November 3rd for 2008 award consideration.
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Cost Benefit Analysis Manual for Medium Sized and Smaller Public Libraries
This manual provides detailed instructions and tools that small to mid-sized libraries can use to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of their services. The work was funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) grant to the St. Louis Public Library.
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Funding Action Plan Template
Create your Funding Action Plan using this template complete with recommended steps and linked resources.
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Funding Brainstorm
A list of funding ideas and resources collected from the Rural Library Sustainability workshops, training institutes, and from other discussion areas on WebJunction.
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Funding Resources for Libraries
A resource shared by Stephanie Gerding at the Rural ALA Forum 2006 in her PowerPoint presentation, Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz, found above.
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Fundraising Action Plan
This worksheet is from an earlier course: 'WebJunction's Fundraising for Libraries', and can serve as another tool to help you plan a fundraising campaign for your library.
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Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz
A PowerPoint presentation and link to podcast shared by Stephanie Gerding at the Rural ALA Forum 2006. A podcast of the presentation is also available.
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Fundraising, Grants, and All that Jazz Podcast
A podcast recording of Stephanie Gerding's presentation at the Rural ALA Forum 2006. Note: this is a large file and it may take a while to download.
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Grant Process Cycle Graphic
From Grants for Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM by Stephanie Gerding and Pamela MacKellar, shared with particpants of Rural Forum ALA 2006 and here with permission from the authors.
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Grant Writing and the Rural Library
View the archived August 2006 webinar exploring ways to find and write grants.
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SC Toolkit Chapter 9, Raise Funds
From the Staying Connected Toolkit, this chapter includes sections: 1. Identify fundraising opportunities 2. Approach potential funding sources 3. Conduct fundraising events 4. Resources for fundraising and grantmaking.
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Telling Your Library's Story
Karen Burns of the Southwest Iowa Library Service Area spins a tale about the ways storytelling can help libraries prove their worth.
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Websites and Internet Resources on Funding
A list of external links
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Wish List for Funding Worksheet
Stephanie Gerding shared this Wish List worksheet with particpants of Rural Forum ALA 2006 to use when beginning the funding and planning process.
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