Jolly Holly! Photo Blog of our Holiday Party
By Franziska Matiuk
'Tis the season for office holiday parties!
Word on the Blog
The Latest Thoughts from Ivy Library Consultants
Good ideas bubble up at the strangest times...too bad we can't blog in the shower!
Category: General
(10 Posts)
Training Your Library's Board of Trustees
By Nancy Davis
Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of attending the New Jersey State Library Trustee Institute with Cathi Alloway, Director of Schlow Centre Region Library in State College, Pa. and Ivy Library Consultant.
RFPs from the Consultant’s Side of the Desk
By Nancy Davis
The premise appears simple: libraries want to hire a consultant with the expertise their organization needs, and consultants seek interesting projects with clients that are a good fit in terms of work style and capabilities. Writing a RFP is hard work. Writing a proposal is hard work. Both require time and effort and are generally viewed with some apprehension. Having responded to literally hundreds (perhaps even a thousand!) of RFPs, I can attest: the better the RFP, the better the proposal! Here are a few tips from the consultant’s side of the desk that may help your library get the desired result.
Library Book Donations A Way to Honor Pets
By Catherine Alloway
Library book donation programs aren't just for honoring or memorializing humans!
The Library as Art Space
By Catherine Alloway
A small wall area or empty space can be turned into a large-impact community resource that guarantees more visitors and revenues to your library. A few pointers:
Spare Change and Big Bellies
By Catherine Alloway
Here’s an easy way to get donations at your library. The “big belly banks”, available from a variety of sources online, are a fun way for library visitors to donate their spare change.
Calling All Libraries! (Well, Rural Ones)
By Katie Speace
Imagine an organization 100 percent devoted to providing children’s educational resources to rural libraries. Actually, no need to imagine. The Libri Foundation does just that.
Let Go of the Perfectionist and Just Get It Done
By Pam Fitzgerald
Our strategic planning workshops were a big hit in New Jersey this May. We had some really great feedback, such as this quote from a library participant:
Maximize the Potential of Your Public Library
By Pam Fitzgerald
Three cheers to Alan Bobowski, Director, Rockbridge Regional Library System for inclusion in ICMA’s groundbreaking study.
Libraries Will Survive
By Nancy Davis
From the Division of You-Gotta-Laugh-So-You-Don’t-Cry, sung to the tune of I Will Survive, comes this satire of what’s happening across the country with library funding.
I asked the reference librarian, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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