Thursday LSW LFPL update
Fri 7 Aug 2009, 12:34 am
Books float at the LFPL Main Library (By Scott Utterback, The Courier-Journal) Aug. 4, 2009
So here’s what I know that is new:
- On Thursday I received ten donations for the Louisville Free Public Library for a total of $230. Thank you, all who donated.
- Library Journal published an interview with LFPL Director, Craig Buthod. They now are estimating five million dollars in damage and the Main library will be closed through Labor Day.
- Then there was this, which amazed me. When LJ reporter, Norman Oder, asked what offers of help they have received from the library community, Craig Buthod said this:
Very strong offers. The Library Society of the World [is raising money]. I got a call from Mary Ellin Santiago. [Project Manager of Gates Foundation’s Gulf Coast Library Project]. We’ve had offers from Cedar Rapids [IA, which suffered flooding last year.] The state librarian has been on the phone daily.
It’s really neat that he mentioned us first. He knows better than I do that $5,000 is only one-tenth of one percent of five million dollars. He might or might not be aware that we are still pretty far short of five grand. But I hope it means that Buthod and the other folks at LFPL are cheered up a bit by the knowledge that a bunch of librarians from all over are scraping up $10 and $20 and $50 donations because we are thinking of them and we empathize with them and we wish we could do more.
I knew donations would fall off today. We saw the same thing with people participating in Shovers and Makers. But with this Library Journal mention, I’d really like to see us hit that $5,000 goal by September 1. Here’s the button and the addresses:
If you’d rather send a check, send it to the Library Society of the World Clubhouse, PO Box 7893, Colorado Springs CO 80933. Make the check payable to Steve Lawson.
If you’d rather donate to the LFPL Library Foundation directly instead of using me as a middle man, please do:
The Library Foundation
Attn: Flood
301 York St.
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 574-1709
Lastly, Abigail Goben-with-a-”b” and Amy “Jambina” Buckland are encouraging contributions with prize drawings. You can win beautiful yarn from Abigail or “libpunk” merch from Amy. (See their blogs for details, must be 18 or over, odds of winning depend on number of entries, offer not valid for Elsevier executives.) I have been trying to think of a similar promo to bring donors out of the woodwork. But other than “for $50 I’ll take my clothes off; for $100 I’ll put them back on,” I haven’t thought of anything (and I think the nudity thing might be illegal in Kentucky anyway). Send good ideas my way.
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- Tags: lfpl, library society of the world, louisville
- Comments? 9
A random thought – perhaps you could offer some sort of special shout-out in the next issue of Codslap?
Comment by Laura H. — August 7, 2009 @ 5:24 am
Could you add an anchor at the beginning of the paragraph starting with “I knew donations would fall off today.”? That would let people link directly to the part about the donations.
Comment by Michael Biven — August 7, 2009 @ 10:03 am
Done:
http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2009/08/thursday_lsw_lfpl_update.html#donate
Maybe I need a page that’s just devoted to the donations, but that won’t happen until later today.
Comment by Steve Lawson — August 7, 2009 @ 10:10 am
Oh, and Laura, good idea. I was thinking of something zine-related, too.
Comment by Steve Lawson — August 7, 2009 @ 10:22 am
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Seconding Laura’s suggestion – when I worked for a small non-profit org, we had a page in the newsletter to name and thank donors, and all donors received copies. Seems like a decent idea for Codslap! – could also list the giveaway winners and what they won on the page (which is a nice place to ty/refer ppl to people who donated givewaway items, as well).
Comment by Rachel — August 9, 2009 @ 9:05 am
Boing! Congrats on making BiongBoing, Steve!
Comment by Aaron the Librarian — August 10, 2009 @ 7:41 pm
I have some incentives (photos I’ve taken of the main library) I’d be very glad to donate to LSW. I’ll send you details through your work email, since the google addy keeps spitting it back at me.
Comment by Jamie — August 13, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
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