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2015

Mark Y. Herring

Libraries

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Raising Funds With Friends Groups, Mark Herring Jan 2015

Raising Funds With Friends Groups, Mark Herring

Mark Y. Herring

Here is everything you and your library need to make the most of their friends group - or to start a viable and active new group. Friends group expert Mark Herring offers step-by-step advice for how public and academic libraries can capitalize on this important asset, including establishing and organizing a steering committee, marketing and public relations, advocacy, and special events programming. Special sections focus on feasibility studies, establishing perpetual programs and legacy gifts, and establishing and utilizing a Friends' Web site for fundraising.


10 Reasons Why The Internet Is No Substitute For A Library, Mark Y. Herring Jan 2015

10 Reasons Why The Internet Is No Substitute For A Library, Mark Y. Herring

Mark Y. Herring

In an effort to save our culture, strike a blow for reading, and, above all, correct the well-intentioned but horribly misguided notions about what is fast becoming Intertopia among many nonlibrarian bean counters, here are 10 reasons why the Internet is no substitute for a library.