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How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

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Library Giving Day is an international one-day fundraising event that could significantly boost your library’s fundraising potential. How can you plan a more successful Library Giving Day? In 2022 alone, Library Giving Day reported 12,168 total donations adding up to $1.6 Check out what other libraries have done.

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11 Inventive Library Fundraising Ideas

Donorbox

Ah, the local library. The comforting feeling of a good book, peace, and everlasting quiet that a library affords its visitors is one that can’t be beat. In order to keep your members coming back for more, your library must keep up – with the latest books, clean spaces, up-to-date technology, and more. How to […].

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Electronic Resources and Libraries Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. Libraries can and should be doing the same. Libraries have access to information, engagement, and opportunity – it’s just a matter of setting sail. Blog post with slides and notes. Topic : Keynote.

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SOS: Save Our Site! How Libraries Can Preserve Local Online History

Tech Soup

Websites, blog posts, social media, online news — all of these are part of your community's history, but all are ephemeral in nature. This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Register for webinar. About the Author.

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8 Nonprofit and Library Design Projects That Are on Point

Tech Soup

Belmont Public Library. This blog post was originally published on Medium. Logo and branding by Floduardo de Almeida and Up Studio. PangeaSeed. Designs by Futura. First Things Foundation. Designs by Dan Beltran. Designs by Anya Vedmid. Autistic Art. Designs by Laszlo Polgar and Dora Sos. spanhidden.

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National Library Week and Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library.

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App Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

How would apps benefit your nonprofit or library? Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries. Thanks to a grant from Microsoft , TechSoup's App It Up project investigated the kinds of apps nonprofits and libraries are using to engage their constituents, tell their stories, and get their work done. Library Apps. Green Apps.

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