Library Strategies

Library Strategies is a consulting group of the Friends of the Saint Paul Library.

Coordinated by the staff of the nationally recognized Friends organization, the Library Strategies group includes more than 35 prominent consultants from around the country who specialize in a broad range of services.

With a mix of leading librarians and other well-known consultants, Library Strategies offers a wide array of enhanced services and skills to libraries, library foundations, and Friends organizations. Library Strategies services include fundraising, managing foundations and Friends organizations, technology and strategic planning, advocacy training, leadership development and workshops, and coaching and keynote speeches on related topics. The consulting group expects to expand its services based on demand from the library marketplace.

The nonprofit Saint Paul Friends organization, which serves as the foundation for the Saint Paul Public Library, has an award-winning, national reputation for successful advocacy, fundraising and development, public relations, cultural programming, and finding entrepreneurial ways to diversify its effectiveness and revenue. In addition to the consultants, the 10-member Friends staff will support the Library Strategies group.

To learn more about the consulting group, contact Sue Hall, Library Strategies coordinator, at 651-287-0060, or librarystrategies@thefriends.org. For additional information, visit The Friends at: www.thefriends.org.