Public Information and Communication
For Immediate Release
November 1, 2006
Contact:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434, 800-307-2665
Beth Nawalinski
800-936-5872
bbethn@folusa.org
FOLUSA Welcomes Nebraska Library Members
The Nebraska Library Commission
recently purchased memberships in Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA) for all
Nebraska public libraries to ensure that their library staff, Friends, Trustees,
and Foundations can take advantage of FOLUSA's services to enhance fundraising,
advocacy, and public awareness. FOLUSA now offers statewide membership packages
and Nebraska is the first to take advantage of statewide membership pricing for
its more than 275 local libraries.
"Friends of Libraries U.S.A. provides a wide
variety of materials and services that can enhance promotion and fundraising
efforts by Friends of Library groups and Trustees. Providing Nebraska libraries
with membership in FOLUSA is an extension of our services to them," said
Nebraska Library Commission Director Rod Wagner.
The FOLUSA membership will provide each of these
libraries with subscriptions to News Update (a bi-monthly compilation of
best practices for Friends, Trustees, and Foundations from across the country
with in-depth articles on successful fundraising, advocacy, and public
awareness), access to awards, discounts on library resources, and global
networking opportunities with others who support libraries. In addition, in
March 2007 FOLUSA Executive Director Sally G. Reed will provide training for
Nebraska librarians and library supporters to discuss ways to maximize the value
of their memberships.
Sally G. Reed, FOLUSA Executive
Director commented, "I am very excited to be working with the Nebraska Library
Commission, and now with all Nebraska libraries, to help them develop and
strengthen citizen support for their services. Friends, Foundation members, and
Trustees in the state will all have access to our toolkits and resources to help
them work effectively with librarians and on libraries' behalf. Citizens who
love libraries can be leaders in the community to assure adequate funding at the
local level and to help promote the library to everyone."
FOLUSA is a national organization with
approximately 2,000 Friends groups, Boards of Trustees, Foundations, and
individual members representing hundreds of thousands of library supporters. For
more information see
www.folusa.org, or call 800-936-5872.
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the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library
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