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Library Strategies’ consulting services help you maximize your current assets and invest in change that will launch your library into the future. Consulting projects come in all sizes – from Friends & Foundation training to strategic planning processes. Every consulting service we provide is uniquely designed to fit your needs no matter the scope of your project.
Our Services
We work with you to you engage the community so that you can better prioritize services and activities, build innovation in your system, and use your resources wisely in response to rapidly changing needs and budget challenges. If facilities are part of your planning, we can help you make important decisions about spaces to best serve your customers. Learn more.
We help libraries and library support organizations build a culture that embraces fundraising and philanthropy. We can help you boost annual giving, explore the feasibility of a capital campaign, launch an advocacy effort, or make your friends/foundation more effective. We instill understanding of the vital connection between philanthropic investment and data that prove your value, relevancy and impact. We also help you develop and communicate your value proposition to advocate for greater support. Learn more.
We share your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. As we seek to improve our own organization, we will share our resources, recommendations and referrals for consulting partners who can help you explore systemic racism, engage communities of color, and develop anti-racist practices.
Strategic Planning
Anoka County Library (MN)
Bayport Public Library (MN)
Bozeman Public Library (MT)
Brentwood Library (TN)
Chattahoochee Valley Libraries (GA)
Citizens Library (PA)
Clarksville-Montgomery County Library (TN)
Commerce Township Public Library (MI)
Duluth Public Library (MN)
Friends of the Bozeman Public Library (MT)
Friends of the Maple Lake Public Library (MN)
Glencoe Public Library (IL)
Gwinnett County Library (GA)
Hudson Area Joint Library (WI)
Menomonie Public Library (WI)
Minnesota Genealogical Society (MN)
Newark Public Library (NJ)
Normal Public Library (IL)
SAMMIE (MN)
SEFLIN (FL)
SELCO/SELS (MN)
SENYLRC (NY)
Stillwater Public Library (MN)
Traverse des Sioux Library System (MN)
Washington County Library System (MN)
Washington County Library System (PA)
White Plains Public Library (NY)
Development Planning
Anchorage Public Library Foundation (AK)
Bozeman Public Library Foundation (MT)
Clarksville-Montgomery County Library (TN)
Fairhope Public Library Foundation (AL)
Friends of the Inver Glen Library (MN)
Gunnison County Library District (CO)
Grosse Pointe Library Foundation (MI)
Houston Public Library Foundation (TX)
Hudson Area Public Library (WI)
Huntsville Library Foundation (AL)
Indian Trails Pubic Library District (IL)
Little Free Libraries (WI)
Muscogee Public Library Foundation (GA)
Napa County Library (CA)
New Jersey Library Association (NJ)
North Lake District Public Library (MT)
Pioneer Library System (OK)
Stark County District Library (OH)
St. Helena – Friends & Foundation (CA)
The Foundation for Sarasota County Libraries (FL)
Winter Park Public Library (FL)
Worcester Public Library Foundation (MA)
Yonkers Public Library (NY)
Feasibility Study &
Capital Campaigns
Alexander Mitchell Public Library (SD)
Appleton Public Library (WI)
Arlington Public Library (TX)
Bud Werner Memorial Library (CO)
East Side Freedom Library (MN)
Elbert County Library District (CO)
Friends of the Osceola Public Library (WI)
Lake City Public Library (MN)
Madison Public Library Foundation (WI)
Mendon Public Library (NY)
Muskogee Public Library (OK)
Northfield Public Library (MN)
Petersburg Public Library (VA)
Racine Public Library (WI)
Rice Lake Public Library (MN)
Louisville Free Public Library (KY)
Tulsa Library Trust (OK)
Watertown Public Library (WI)
Winter Park Public Library (FL)
Friends & Foundations
Beloit Public Library (WI)
Dorothy Bramlage Library (KS)
Friends of the Cleveland Public Library (OH)
Friends of the Rochester Public Library/Rundel Library Foundation (NY)
Grosse Pointe Public Library (MI)
Hudson Area Public Library (WI)
Indian Trails Pubic Library District (IL)
Marshall Lyon County Library (MN)
Napa County Library (CA)
Napa County Library (CA)
St. Helena Library (CA)
The Foundation for Sarasota County Libraries (FL)
The Library Foundation – Louisville Free Public Library (KY)
Warren-Newport Public Library District (IL)
Facilities Planning
Brentwood Library (TN)
Clarksville-Montgomery County Library (TN)
Duluth Public Library (MN)
Gardiner Community Library (MT)
Park Rapids Public Library (MN)
Executive Search
Bayport Public Library (MN)
Houston Public Library Foundation (TX)
SELCO (MN)
Stillwater Public Library (MN)
Tulsa Library Trust (OK)
Staffing
Carver County Library (MN)
Duluth Public Library (MN)
Muscogee Public Library Foundation (GA)
Wadsworth Public Library (NY)
Advocacy Training
American Library Association (ALA)
El Paso Public Library (TX)
IREX-Moldova
IREX-Romania
Louisiana State Library (LA)
Board Training
Bayport Public Library (MN)
DeForest Public Library (WI)
Glencoe Public Library (IL)
Lincolnwood Public Library District (IL)
Stillwater Public Library (MN)
Vaughn Public Library (WI)
Washington County Library System (PA)
Winter Park Public Library (FL)
Wyoming Library Trustees Association (WY)
Yonkers Public Library (NY)
Project Management
Club Book (MN)
L3: The Bremer Rural Libraries & Literacy Leadership Institute (MN, WI, ND)
Minnesota Association of Library Friends (MN)
Once Upon A Reader (MN)
Tulsa Library Trust (OK)
Literacy Minnesota serves learners and organizations through direct service at six learning centers; thousands of volunteers trained per year; thousands of curriculum downloads per month; AmeriCorps VISTA members working on literacy initiatives across Minnesota; and a digital-literacy learning platform, Northstar, utilized in all 50 states and several countries. Literacy Minnesota is recognized as a local and national leader and a driving force behind the latest developments in literacy learning. Visit Literacy Minnesota.
Rainbow Research, Inc. is a not-for-profit evaluation and research organization committed to improving the effectiveness of socially concerned organizations and initiatives for over 40 years. In partnership with Library Strategies, Rainbow Research conducts evaluation of Library Strategies’ literacy and capacity building projects at community, state, and regional levels. Visit Rainbow Research.
Do you want to learn more about our services before you plan your project? These webinars offer advice on everything from fundraising basics, to planning, to Friends and Foundations. Browse our free webinar videos here and then give us a call for a consultation.
We took our most important fundraising advice and put it in a book just for you. Whether your library undertakes only occasional fundraising projects or is well along in this effort and wants to become more successful, Beyond Book Sales: The Complete Guide to Raising Real Money for Your Library will guide you through proven methods of effective library fundraising. It will help you think about raising dollars in new ways and stretching beyond your traditional fundraising activities. In fact, because so many libraries already know how to do book sales successfully, this book will not include that topic, except to offer one piece of advice: When selling books or other merchandise, determine how you can connect your sale to other fundraising you do.
“Effective fundraising is about relationships first, money second.”