Fact Sheets in PDF Format

• 1: Starting a Friends Group
• 2: Fundraising
• 3: Successful Programs
• 4: Starting an Academic Friends Group
• 5: Teen Friends
• 6: Friends of a School Library or Media Center
• 7: Revitalizing Your Friends
• 8: Literacy Programs
• 9: Book and Author Events
• 10: Role of the Friends Board
• 11: Role of the Library Trustees
• 12: Designating Literary Landmarks
• 13: Advocacy
• 14: Board Development
• 15: Moving To Center Stage In The Community or on Campus
• 16: Starting a Friends Foundation
• 17: Keeping Accounts
• 18: Getting and Keeping Members
• 19: Branch Friends
• 20: Strategic Planning
• 21: Board Diversity
• 22: State Friends
• 23: Guidelines for Giving
• 24: Advocacy Campaigns - Legal Limits on Spending for Non-Profits
• 25: Planned Giving: What You Need to Know

You may also find the Model Friends Cooperative Network helpful for your Friends group, Library, and Board of Trustees. This convenient chart shows the various roles and responsibilites of each group.