Consult-A-Friend Self Service Table of Contents

• Preface.
• About This Manual.
• Acknowledgements.
• Chapter 1: Organizing a Friends Group.
• The Ten Commandments of a Successful Friends Group.
• Chapter 2: Strategic Planning.
• Chapter 3: Getting and Keeping Friends.
• Chapter 4: Communications.
• Chapter 5: Legal Considerations.
• Chapter 6: Financial Matters.
• Chapter 7: Fundraising.
• Chapter 8:  Book Sales.
• Chapter 9:  Bookstores, Gift Shops and Cafes.
• Chapter 10: Board of Directors/Board Development.
• Chapter 11: Volunteers.
• Chapter 12:  Marketing and Public Relations.
• Chapter 13:  Advocacy.
• Chapter 14: Cooperative Collaborations.
• Chapter 15:  Running a Successful Millage Campaign.
• Chapter 16: Public Libraries in Michigan.
• Chapter 17:  Academic and Other Libraries.
• 10 Reasons Why an Academic Library Might Want a Friends Group.
• Chapter 18:  Trustees.
• Chapter 19:  E-Books & E-Readers.
• Chapter 20:  Using Social Media.
• Appendix A: Trustees, Directors and Friends.
• Appendix B: Sample Bylaws.
• Appendix C: Sample Constitution and Bylaws.
• Appendix D: Examples of Mission Statements.
• Appendix E: The History of Friends of Michigan Libraries.
• Appendix F: Friends of Michigan Libraries Board of Directors.
• Appendix G: Sample Membership Form.
• Appendix H: About the Friends of Michigan Libraries.
• History of the Friends of Michigan Libraries.
• Original introduction to 2011 edition of the FOML Manual.
• Appendix I: Membership in United for Libraries.
• Member Benefits.
• How to Join United for Libraries.
• Resources.

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