Book description
Fewer employees, shorter hours, diminished collection budgets, reduced
programs and services-all at a time of record library usage. Don't fret
and fritter away scarce resources. Be frugal! In this book, library
expert Carol Smallwood demonstrates that despite the obvious downsides,
the necessity of doing business differently can be positive, leading to
partnering, sharing, and innovating. This collection speaks to universal
concerns, presenting creative and resourceful solutions from dozens of
librarians representing a wide variety of institutions. The Frugal
Librarian helps library professionals * Find supplementary funding
sources, including grants * Save money by sharing resources, using
tiered staffing for technical services, and implementing green IT * Tap
into grassroots movements to save neighborhood libraries * Preserve and
enhance important library functions like programming, outreach, and
staff development, despite a tight budget This book offers plenty of
ideas that can be implemented immediately. Carol Smallwood received
her MLS from Western Michigan University and her MA in history from
Eastern Michigan University. She is the author or editor of numerous
books for Scarecrow, McFarland, Libraries Unlimited, Pudding House
Publications, Peter Lang, and others. Some other credits include The
Writer's Chronicle, Journal of Formal Poetry, Detroit News, Instructor,
English Journal, and Michigan Feminist Studies. Her novel, Lily's
Odyssey, appeared in 2010; she coedited the anthology Contemporary
American Women: Our Defining Passages (2009), and she has a short story
in Best New Writing 2010. A 2009 National Federation of State Poetry
Societies Award Winner and a finalist for the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award for
prose, she has experience in school, public, and special libraries and
has served as a library consultant. Smallwood appears in Contemporary
Authors, Who's Who in America, and is a member of the American Library
Association.
