The frugal librarian : thriving in tough economic times / / edited by Carol Smallwood.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Smallwood, Carol, 1939-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 277 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Knowledge based job hunting and interview preparation / Michael A. Germano -- James C. Jernigan Library, Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, Office of Sponsored Research and Federal Government Grants / Victoria Lynn Packard -- Start your job search here / Jason Kuhl -- 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 & no cost development opportunities for librarians / Colleen S. Harris -- Online resources in Michigan : a school librarian survives hard times / Margaret Lincoln -- Grant proposals for the working librarian : from idea to implementation / Lois Stickell and Lisa Nickel -- Tips for how to write grants for diverse populations / Vandella Brown -- Creating and sustaining community focused programs / Wayne Finley and Joanna Kluever -- Nothing to lose : creative programming for the frugal librarian / Lisa A. Forrest -- Increasing resources in tough times : a new funding model for the Purdue University career wiki / George Bergstrom and Mary Dugan -- Innovating and saving with joint-use libraries / Emily Dill -- Multi-type regional library member 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 -- 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 it 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 -- Bidding service contracts in public libraries / Tom Cooper -- Digital projects on a shoestring / Emily Asch -- Developing partnerships for added value / Aline Soules and Sarah Nielsen -- Organizing in the streets and in the stacks : a grassroots movement saves neighborhood libraries in Providence, Rhode Island / Edgar C. Bailey, Jr -- Turning gifts and discards into gold / Robert Holley -- A small school library meets the economic challenge / Colleen Driscoll -- Leveraging internal resources to temporarily fill library staff shortages / Marwin Britto -- Making good by making do : using student staff to drive library technology innovation in tough economic times / Gwen Evans -- Tiered staffing for technical services, or, How to make the best of a budget in distress / Mary S. Laskowski and Fang Huang Gao -- We're all in this together : solutions for creative staffing / Heidi Blackburn and Erin Davis -- Building sustainable technology literacy professional development opportunities for faculty on a limited budget / Marwin Britto -- $40 a day or attending library conferences on the cheap / Regina Koury.