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Diary of a New(ish) Foundation Employee: Thinking About Fundraising

By Kim Horton | July 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Diary of a New(ish) Foundation Employee: Thinking About Fundraising

One of the things I knew very little about when I started work with The Friends and Library…

From the Field: Nate Coulter, Executive Director, Central Arkansas Library System

By Kim Horton | June 30, 2020 | Comments Off on From the Field: Nate Coulter, Executive Director, Central Arkansas Library System

Library Strategies worked with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) last year. We reached out to Executive Director,…

Surveying the Field

By Kim Horton | June 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Surveying the Field

In May, Library Strategies surveyed a pool of past and potential clients for their views on what would…

Diary of a New Foundation Employee – The Promise of the Library

By Kim Horton | June 2, 2020 | Comments Off on Diary of a New Foundation Employee – The Promise of the Library

Early last week, I had written a lovely post about the way libraries have been creating community that…

From the Field: Saint Paul Public Library

By Kim Horton | June 2, 2020 | Comments Off on From the Field: Saint Paul Public Library

Over the last 14 years, Library Strategies has worked with nearly 200 libraries across the country, ranging from…

From the pen of Beth Burns: Board Engagement in the time of COVID

By Kim Horton | April 30, 2020 | Comments Off on From the pen of Beth Burns: Board Engagement in the time of COVID

I feel like Goldilocks every time I check in with my governance committee – Is it too much?…

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