At that advocacy training I discussed in my last post, we also covered local government spending. The speaker pointed out that when voters show up at local government meetings or contact their legislators, it really does influence elected officials. ...

I attended some advocacy training recently and was made aware of some interesting points about community foundations.  They have loads of different donors and lots of money to give away, but unfortunately, unrestricted funds (i.e. monies that the...

I’m flying to Sioux Falls for PLA’s great Turning the Page training so I finally having a chance to catch up on my professional reading and saw Public Libraries’ “Economy Issue” (July/August 2009).  Since it looks like it won’t be freely...

OK, I know you’re overwhelmed by the influx of patrons over the last few years, but is that really translating into more support for struggling libraries?  Sometimes I think people just take them for granted.  Some libraries have come up with...

We had some very disappointing news locally from this week’s election.  Aurora, the city where BCR is located, lost its bid to create a general improvement district which would have given the library dedicated funding.  As their budget will be...