FRIENDS OF CANADIAN LIBRARIES

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND: NURTURING YOUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Sponsored by the Ontario Library Boards' Association

Presentation (PDF file)
OLA Report-highlights  (Word document)
(version for printing with b&w pictures)  (Word document)

Dorothy Macnaughton, President, Friends of the Library Sault Ste. Marie Public Library; Wilhelm Eisenbichler, Chief Executive Officer Sault Ste. Marie Public Library

Learn practical tips on working with Friends and fundraising ideas. Sault Ste. Marie will share their experience that has their group donating 4200 volunteer hours and has raised over $250,000 in just fifteen years. They will provide keys to their success and relationship with the Board and Library Management.

North American Friends @ your library - poster session (PowerPoint file)

Friends @ your library have a significant role to play as partners in advocacy, marketing, programming, volunteerism and support. Learn how national Friends of Libraries associations in Canada and the United States motivate and support local Friends groups in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries, by providing  a support and resource network. Pick up their newsletters, and collect new program and promotional success stories from across the continent. 

CREATING AND REENERGIZING YOUR FRIENDS GROUPS 
Sally Reed, Executive Director, Friends of Libraries, U.S.A
Sponsored by the Ontario Library Boards' Association

An interactive program designed to provide ideas for the formation of Friends groups and for revitalizing existing Friends groups. Such topics as increasing the number of active members, fundraising, membership drives and organizational effectiveness will be discussed. Bring your concerns and your successes to share with others.

OLA report-Sally Reed   (Word document)
(version for printing with b&w pictures)  (Word document)
Full report from notes  (Word document)

SPOTLIGHT: MAKING THE CASE FOR YOUR LIBRARY
Sally Reed, Executive Director, Friends of Libraries, U.S.A
Sponsored by the Ontario Library Boards' Association

Nobody can advocate for libraries better than the people who use them. Learn how Friends and Trustees can work successfully together to ensure that library budgets stay strong and capital projects get funded.

OLA report- Sally Reed   (Word document)
(version for printing with b&w pictures)  (Word document)

Friends' Reception for Sally Reed

Come meet Sally Reed, Executive Director of Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA). This is a rare opportunity to meet one of the world's most sought after Friends' authorities and leaders. Your last chance. Don't miss out.

PLAYING POLITICS: FRIENDS AS ADVOCATES
Michael Fay, Chair, Friends of the Haliburton County Public Library

Playing Politics (PowerPoint File)
OLA Report-highlights  (Word document)
(version for printing with b&w pictures)  (Word document)

Playing Politics will show you how to set indicators, strategies, and targets for your Friends group to advocate with local municipal councils to bring your library closer to provincial standards. Use provincial statistics to set indicators of success.

FRIENDS' SHOWCASE: SHARING SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
Michael Fay, Chair, Friends of the Haliburton County Public Library

Showcase will bring together Friends willing tp share fundraising, advocacy and volunteer management tactics in an interactive session designed to inspire and inform!

OLA Report-highlights  (Word document)
(version for printing with b&w pictures) (Word document)