101+ Great Marketing and Fundraising Ideas for Libraries and Friends

FOLUSA's (Friends of Libraries USA.) many friends groups constantly produce new ideas and inventive strategies for helping libraries and their communities.

Here are more than 100 simple, innovative, and tested marketing and fundraising ideas collected from friends groups across the country.

They cover advocacy, fundraising, and membership campaigns, as well as programs and public awareness events, and projects to increase organizational effectiveness.

Each activity includes a general description, an outline of the planning process, budget forecasts, expected results, and sample forms, graphics and logos to adapt to your own library's needs.

Help your friends group plan an online book sale, arts fundraiser, or a successful library anniversary.

Programs like Hearts and Arts, Library Lovers Month, Library Anniversary Party, or Date with the Director will spark even more innovative ideas.

These creative ideas can be used by any library on their own - or to stimulate their local friends activities.