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Friends Groups are formed to help support the library through:

• Advocacy
• Fundraising
• Volunteerism

A Friends Group can take one of two forms:

• Ad hoc group, overseen by the library board of trustees.
• Formal, tax-exempt*, not-for-profit entity. Overseen by their own board,
  while working in conjunction with the library board and library director.
  • Not sure which is best for your library?
    Contact Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Coordinator of Member Information at rsmith@midhudson.org or x39.

Starting or Revitalizting: MHLS Consultations MHLS Professional Collection Friends Groups FOLUSA Fact Sheets: Starting a Friends Group Revitalize Your Friends Teen Friends Group Friends Foundation Formation: Role of the Friends Board & Role of the Library Trustees (FOLUSA) Sample FG Mission Statements Friends of the Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library (NY) Livonia Public Library (NY) Friends of Appleton Library (WI) Brooklyn Public Library (NY) Sample Bylaws The Public Library Friends - Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Friends Of The Caribou Public Library (ME) Friends of the Cambridge Public Library (MA) Friends of the Austin Public Library (TX) examples of nonprofit bylaws | articles of incorporation | nonprofit budgets (Foundation Center) FOLUSA Fact Sheets: Board Development & Board Diversity Strategic Planning

Recruitment: Visit the Membership Resource Center for help in this area! Responsibilities Keeping Accounts (FOLUSA) Internal Control and Financial Accountability (PDF) (NYS Office of the Attorney General Charities Bureau) Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations (PDF) Legal Responsibilities of Your Nonprofit Corporation (Center for Nonprofit Management Support Organizations: Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) Consultations Web Resources Listserv Continuing Education/Workshops Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA) Friends of Libraries U.S.A. is a membership organization of more than two thousand local Library Friends groups. Their mission is to motivate and support local Friends groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries. The FOLUSA web site provides access to a Good Ideas Network, and Friend to Friend:FOLUSA Listservs. Empire Friends of New York State The Empire Friends Roundtable of the New York Library Association (NYLA) was formed in 1992 as a direct result of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. This conference confirmed the ever-increasing importance of libraries, and stressed the need for active support from the nonprofessional community. Libraries for the Future (LFF) The mission of LFF: "Libraries for the Future builds the capacities of libraries to carry out their historical mission in an interactive environment."

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