Friends & Foundations Fact Sheets

The following Fact Sheets cover a variety of topics of interest to Friends groups and library Foundations. If you would like to suggest a topic for a future Fact Sheet, please e-mail bnawalinski@ala.org.

• 1: Starting a Friends Group
  
  
• 2: Fundraising
  
  
• 3: Successful Programs
  
  
• 4: Starting an Academic Friends Group
  
  
• 5: Teen Friends
  
  
• 6: Friends of a School Library or Media Center
  
  
• 7: Revitalizing Your Friends
  
  
• 8: Literacy Programs
  
  
• 9: Book and Author Events
  
  
• 10: Role of the Friends Board
  
  
• 11. Role of the Library Trustees
  
  
• 12. Designating Literary Landmarks
  
  
• 13. Advocacy
  
  
• 14. Board Development
  
  
• 15. Moving To Center Stage In The Community or on Campus
  
  
• 16: Starting a Friends Foundation
  
  
• 17. Keeping Accounts
  
  
• 18. Getting and Keeping Members
  
  
• 19. Branch Friends
  
  
• 20. Strategic Planning
  
  
• 21. Board Diversity
  
  
• 22. State Friends
  
  
• 23: Guidelines for Giving
  
  
• 24: Limits on Lobbying
  
  
• 25: Planned Giving: What You Need to Know
  
  
• 26: Sample Memorandum of Understanding
  
  
• 27: Library Support for Friends Activities