North Carolina: Library Foundation Raises $700,000 in Seven Months
From the Charlotte Observer:
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system seemed on the verge of a financial meltdown in 2010, after its biggest funder, the county, cut $10 million from the system’s budget.
Desperate cuts had to be made, so library officials closed some branches, reduced hours, laid off staff and ended some popular programs.
The four years since have been a time of rebuilding, and there is no better example of the library’s rebound than the nonprofit foundation it created to find alternative sources of money.
Foundation officials set a goal of raising $1 million this fiscal year and the community responded with $700,000 in donations in the first seven months.
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See Also: Visit the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation Web Site
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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