How to Start a Friends Group
Guidelines and Laws
Bylaws
Welcome Packet Ideas
Advocacy Ideas
Guidelines and Laws
Bylaws
Welcome Packet Ideas
Advocacy Ideas
How to Start a Friends Group
Libraries Need Friends: A Toolkit to Create Friends Groups or to Revitalize the One You Have Toolkit
Resource list from NYPL FLS(NewYork Public Libraries Association Friends of the Library Section)
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Chapters 1-6
Guidelines and Laws
To get an excellent overview of what will be required to establish your Friends as a nonprofit organization go to http://www.nolo.com and in the search window at the bottom of the lower left-hand side of the first web page, type in “non-profit organizations.” Next, click on “How to form a nonprofit organization.
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Chapter 8
Pennsylvania Charities and Non-profits Regulation
Bylaws
NYLA Sample bylaws
United for Libraries Sample bylaws
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Appendices
Welcome Packet Ideas
Flyers, brochures etc.
Recruiting/Advocacy Ideas
Public Service Announcements for Friends Group Featuring Paula Poundstone:
Public service announcement, which can be seen below and online at YouTube along with a 15-second version. Permission is granted for Friends of the Library groups to embed these videos on their websites to promote the Friends to their local communities.
Five Tips for Turning Advocates into Volunteers
Libraries Need Friends: A Toolkit to Create Friends Groups or to Revitalize the One You Have Toolkit
Resource list from NYPL FLS(NewYork Public Libraries Association Friends of the Library Section)
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Chapters 1-6
Guidelines and Laws
To get an excellent overview of what will be required to establish your Friends as a nonprofit organization go to http://www.nolo.com and in the search window at the bottom of the lower left-hand side of the first web page, type in “non-profit organizations.” Next, click on “How to form a nonprofit organization.
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Chapter 8
Pennsylvania Charities and Non-profits Regulation
Bylaws
NYLA Sample bylaws
United for Libraries Sample bylaws
Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Appendices
Welcome Packet Ideas
Flyers, brochures etc.
Recruiting/Advocacy Ideas
Public Service Announcements for Friends Group Featuring Paula Poundstone:
Public service announcement, which can be seen below and online at YouTube along with a 15-second version. Permission is granted for Friends of the Library groups to embed these videos on their websites to promote the Friends to their local communities.
Five Tips for Turning Advocates into Volunteers
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