The frugal librarian thriving in tough economic times (American Library Association, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1 - Helping patrons job search -- - Knowledge-based job hunting and interview preparation - Michael A. Germano -- - Start your job search here - Jason Kuhl -- - pt. 2 - Librarian survival -- - Entrepreneurs in the library : how an entrepreneurial spirit expanded the patron base and elevated its political standing - James Lund -- - Laid off? Here's one way to land on your feet - J. James Mancuso -- - Low- and no-cost development opportunities for librarians - Colleen S. Harris -- - Online resources in Michigan : a school librarian survives hard times - Margaret Lincoln -- - pt. 3 - Grants -- - Grant proposals for the working librarian : from idea to implementation - Lois Stickell and Lisa Nickel -- - Tools for grant searching - Victoria Lynn Packard -- - Writing grant proposals for diverse populations - Vandella Brown -- - pt. 4 - Programming -- - Creating and sustaining community-focused programs - Wayne Finley and Joanna Kluever --
- Nothing to lose : creative programming for the frugal librarian - Lisa A Forrest -- - pt. 5 - Sharing -- - Increasing resources in tough times : a new funding model for the Purdue University career Wiki - George Bergstrom and May Dugan -- - Innovating and saving with joint-use libraries - Emily Dill -- - Multitype regional library responses to the economic crisis - Tom Taylor -- - Museum passes : a low-cost, high-impact partnership - Rebecca Tuck and Lisa Fraser -- - Saving by sharing : using open-source and shared catalogs to do more with less - John Helling -- - pt. 6 - Management -- - Bringing the outside back in : creative and cost-effective outreach strategies - Kacy Vega and Kim Becnel -- - Cost factors in digital projects : a model useful in other applications - Lisa L. Crane -- - Data-driven cancellation decisions - Leslie Farison -- - Green information technology saves money, saves resources - Sarah Passonneau --
- Managing staff stress during budget crises : lessons for library managers - Colleen S. Harris and Mary Chimato -- - Student assistants : maximize effectiveness through coordinated training - Ken Johnson and Sue Hisle -- - pt. 7 - On-the-job success -- - Bidding service contracts in public libraries - Tom Cooper -- - Digital projects on a shoestring - Emily Asch -- - Developing partnerships for added value - Aline Soules and Sarah Nielson -- - Organizing in the streets and in the stacks : a grassroots movement saves neighborhood libraries - Edgar C. Bailey Jr. -- - Turning gifts and discards into gold - Robert Holley -- - A small school library meets the economic challenge - Colleen Driscoll -- - pt. 8 - Staffing -- - Leveraging internal resources to fill library staff shortages temporarily - Marwin Britto -- - Making good by making do : using student staff to drive library technology innovation - Gwen Evans -- - Tiered staffing for technical services
- Mary S. Laskowski and Fang Huang Gao -- - We're all in this together : solutions for creative staffing - Heidi Blackburn and Erin Davis -- - pt. 9 - Professional development -- - Building sustainable professional development opportunities in technology literacy - Marwin Britto -- - $40 a day, or attending library conferences on the cheap - Regina Koury