United for Libraries—Information and Memberships
All Nebraska public libraries are members of
United
for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. The
Nebraska Library Commission has purchased memberships to ensure that public
library staff members, Friends, Trustees, and Foundations can take advantage
of United for Libraries' services to enhance fundraising, advocacy, and
public awareness.
To access United for Libraries' resources, contact the Nebraska Library Commission
Reference and Information Services for username and password at 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665.
United for Libraries, also called the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and
Foundations (ALTAFF) "is a national network of enthusiastic library supporters who believe in the importance
of libraries as the social and intellectual centers of communities and campuses. No one has a stronger voice
for libraries than those who use them, raise money for them, and govern them. By uniting these voices, library
supporters everywhere will become a real force to be reckoned with at the local, state, and national levels."
Membership in United for Libraries provides Nebraska public libraries with
subscriptions to The Voice, the newsletter of United for Libraries with in-depth articles on
successful fundraising, advocacy, trustee news, and public
awareness, access to awards, discounts on library resources, and global
networking opportunities with others who support libraries.
Nebraska Public Library Friends & Foundation groups are listed
here.
Trustee
Academy (please contact
Holli Duggan on
these courses)
Citizens for Libraries Publications available from the Library
Commission:
Even More
Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends
Getting
Grants in Your Community
Making Our
Voices Heard: Citizens Speak Out for Libraries
Please contact the reference desk to borrow
these publications.
Citizens for Libraries Conferences
Citizens for Libraries & Paula Poundstone See how you can utilize Paula to help raise
awareness of your Friends of the Library groups
NCompass Live
Archived Online Session: All About ALTAFF: A conversation with
Sally Gardner Reed 6/20/12
Sally Gardner Reed is the Executive Director of the Association of
Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF). Sally will
share her ideas about ALTAFF's mission and vision and how Nebraska and its
libraries can benefit and fully use the resources available through this
dynamic ALA division. Learn how Nebraska's unique statewide membership,
including the online Trustee Academy which is available free to all Nebraska
public libraries, can benefit Nebraska - its libraries and people.
NCompass Live
Archived Online Session: A Conversation with Sally Reed, ALTAFF/FOLUSA 11/18/2009
Sally Reed shares her
ideas about ALTAFF's mission and vision and how Nebraska and its libraries
can benefit and fully use the resources available through this dynamic ALA
division. Learn how Nebraska's unique statewide membership can benefit
Nebraska - its libraries and people.
Training Workshop presented by Sally Reed, April 2008
Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends with Sally Reed, Executive Director,
FOLUSA,
Videoconference PowerPoint Slides
Handouts from FOLUSA Training Workshops presented by Sally Reed, March 2007:
Advocacy Campaigns - Legal Limits on Spending for Non-Profits
Checklist for Advocacy
Friends Board Development
Getting and Keeping Members
How to Organize a Friends
Group
Model Friends' Cooperative Network