Survey of Public Library Book Sales Practices
Survey of Public Library Book Sales Practices

Author: Primary Research Group

Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1574402692

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The survey presents data from 50 public libraries, predominantly in the USA but also from Canada and Australia, about their library policies on sales to the public of excess and donated books, DVDSs, audiobooks and other forms of intellectual property. The study presents highly detailed data on revenues garnered, prices charged, venues sold through, sources of revenue, and many other factors in library materials sales. The study helps library planners to answer questions such as: how much do libraries earn by selling books online? What percentage of library book sales are accounted for by Friends of the Library and similar groups? What are total revenues through all sales of intellectual property by libraries and what is the trend in revenues? How many book donations do libraries receive each year? How many DVDs? How many of these do they keep for their own collection and how many do they manage to sell? What are the best-selling genres?

The Survey of Public Library Reputation Management & Public Relations Practices 01/2014
The Survey of Public Library Reputation Management & Public Relations Practices 01/2014

Author: Primary Research Group

Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1574402722

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This report looks closely at how public libraries monitor and asses their public reputations and market their services to the broader public. The study looks closely at how public libraries study and assess their reputation with their constituency reach out to them in the library, over the internet, and through all the means available to them. The study presents detailed quantitative data on public library spending on public relations, as well as their use of internet sites and tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube and other sites to engage their audience. The study also presents its findings on a communications and website strategy and traditional means of reaching out such as children’s storytelling, theatrical and musical events, library newsletters, library friends’ groups, book sales, contests and other means of reaching out and engaging the public. In addition, the report presents detailed data and commentary on library use of focus groups and surveys. Data in the report is broken out by size of library budget, size of service area, per capita income of service area and other criteria.

The Survey of Public Library Fundraising Practices
The Survey of Public Library Fundraising Practices

Author: Primary Research Group

Publisher: Primary Research Group Inc

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1574402706

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The study presents detailed data and commentary on how public libraries raise funds through book and other materials sales, grants, events and fundraisers, bequests, sale of naming rights, direct mail and online solicitation, activities of friends of library groups and other means. The study presents data on library receipts through wills, tributes and memorials, as well as channels such as grants and annual fund drives. Data is broken out by size of library for better benchmarking. The report also looks at the activities of friends of the library groups, giving data on size and growth rates and on funds raised.

Flat Broke with Two Goats
Flat Broke with Two Goats

Author: Jennifer McGaha

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1492655392

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When life gets your goat, bring in the herd Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens. She never thought she would be pulling camouflage carpet off her ceiling or rescuing opossums from her barn and calling it "date night." Most importantly, Jennifer never thought she would only have $4.57 in her bank account. When Jennifer discovered that she and her husband owed back taxes—a lot of back taxes—her world changed. Now desperate to save money, they foreclosed on their beloved suburban home and moved their family to a one-hundred-year-old cabin in a North Carolina holler. Soon enough, Jennifer's life began to more closely resemble her Appalachian ancestors than her upper-middle-class upbringing. But what started as a last-ditch effort to settle debts became a journey that revealed both the joys and challenges of living close to the land. Told with bold wit, unflinching honesty, and a firm foot in the traditions of Appalachia, Flat Broke with Two Goats blends stories of homesteading with the journey of two people rediscovering the true meaning of home.

The Public Library Service
The Public Library Service

Author: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of Public Libraries

Publisher: NBD Biblion Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9783598218279

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries

Author: Stefan Gradmann

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 3642244688

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2011 - formerly known as ECDL (European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries) - held in Berlin, Germany, in September 2011. The 27 full papers, 13 short papers, 9 posters and 9 demos presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 initial submissions. In addition the book contains the abstract of 2 keynote speeches and an appendix stating information on the doctoral consortium, as well as the panel, which were held at the conference. The papers are grouped in topical sections on networked information, semantics and interoperability, systems and architectures, text and multimedia retrieval, collaborative information spaces, DL applications and legal aspects, user interaction and information visualization, user studies, archives and repositories, europeana, and preservation.