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Library Friends Groups: A Guide To Growing Your Friends with Diana Silveira
March 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am CST
Library Friends Groups are the backbone of community support for libraries, contributing financially and playing a crucial role in their thriving success. In this session, we’ll delve into the essentials, explore growth strategies, and get inspired.
During this session, we will explore:
- How Friends groups support their library
- How to form a Friends group (or revitalize an existing group)
- How to grow your Friends group
- Fun ideas for building community and fundraising
Diana Silveira is a librarian and President of Novare Library Services, where she works with libraries to develop, implement, and utilize technology effectively. Previously, she was employed by the Tampa Bay Library Consortium and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. She has an MLIS from UNC-Greensboro and a BS in psychology from Catawba College. She is the author of the book Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow.
If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway and you’ll receive a link to the webinar recording a few days after the event.
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This project was funded either under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Library Cooperative Grant program. Florida’s LSTA and LCG programs are administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services. For FY2024, 73% of the total costs for the PLAN Continuing Education program ($223,959) is supported by federal money and 27% of this program ($81,361) is supported by state money. The total budget of the project is $305,320.