Friends in Your Library

FoKL – Friends of Kansas Libraries

You've Got to Have Friends

What Is a Friends Group?

Library Friends groups are volunteer champions of the library.

What Is a Friends Group?

They work closely with the library’s staff.

They know their community’s needs.

They give valuable feedback from the community

What Is a Friends Group?

Friends plan activities with consent of the library board and the library director.

They do fund raising and assist with special events.

What Is a Friends Group?

Friends’ donations help to supplement existing library resources.

Working With Friends

• Trustees represent citizen control and governance of the library.

• Library Director represents the administration and management of the library.

• Friends of the Library represent citizen participation and assistance to the library.

Friends Working With …

Trustees

Library Director

Why Have a Friends Group ?

MONEY

Why Have a Friends Group ?

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Why Have a Friends Group?

ADVOCACY

Why Have a Friends Group?

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Why Have a Friends Group?

SERVICES

Friends of Kansas Libraries

FoKL web page

http://www.fokl.net

www.fokl.net

Recognition of Friends

Betty Cattrell, winner of Duane Johnson Library Leadership Award, 2010 with FoKL board member, Marion Renner, Haysville

National Friends Organization

ALTAFF = Citizens for Libraries

Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends, Foundations

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/altaff

National Friends Week

October 16-22, 2011 Ideas to share from ALTAFF

Sample proclamation Publicity materials Membership drive and other promotions http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/altaff/

events_conferences/folweek/friends.cfm

How Do Friends Help?

Raising money to purchase equipment and materials that aren't within the library's budget

Sponsoring informative programs to enlighten and entertain Representing the library in our community and county Volunteering to do special library tasks Acting as hosts for receptions and tours Keeping their representatives informed of the library's needs Providing a valuable pool of talent to assist the library in

offering more to the community

What Do Friends Receive?

The satisfaction of participating in the library's continuing growth and improvement

Special recognition as an informed, involved patron The opportunity to make an educational and

political impact The chance to work for community improvement

and to enhance our quality of lifeFrom the Friends of the Belleville Public Library, Belleville, Kansas

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