ERIC ED127998: Friends' Organizations: The Supportive Element Essential to Libraries.

by: ERIC

Publication date: 1975

Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Financial Support, Guidelines, Public Libraries, Public Relations, Publicize, Voluntary Agencies

Collection: ericarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

Reviewed are the history and public relations, financial and service roles of lay "Friends of the Library" groups. Programs and techniques useful in the pursuit of these roles are suggested. Guidelines for a constitution, fee schedule, and administrative structure plus a bibliography give potential friends organizations help in establishing themselves as useful adjuncts to their community library. (KB)