The Shoestring Library [Paperback]

An organized collection of budget saving methods, materials, and strategies, these tips are all tried-and-true examples of ways to stretch the media specialist's budget and time, and change even the drabbest library into an inviting oasis of learning.

The Shoestring Libraryoffers hope, incentive, and direction to librarians who lack everything but passion. The book is organized around 300 hintsmore than 114 of which are green alternativesfor administering a library in tough times. The book is divided into two parts, Support Functions and Physical Plant. The support section investigates such topics as how to best use volunteers and how to get free materials for your library. The physical plant section, amply supplemented with dozens of photos, helps a librarian identify and fix problems with dismal walls, ceilings, windows, shelving, desks, seating, and lighting, proposing low-cost or no-cost solutions to all these woes.

Instructions are practical and thorough, concentrating on reuse, re-purposing, and recycling, and each idea is reversible. For quick access, chapters sport distinctive icons; time-management tips, for example, are distinguished by an alarm clock. Designed for institutions from preschools through college,The Shoestring Libraryproves that there is no expiration date on learning.

Nicely illustrated throughout,The Shoestring Libraryis as informed and informative as it is practical and 'user-friendly', making it an ideal and highly useful addition to both academic library science collections and on-site reading lists for librarians and library policy makers. Midwest Book Review

Fullner's guidebook helps put some of the chaos into perspective and offers solutions. . . . The guidebook is organized well, with each chapter broken down into bulleted points, which makes for easy reading. The information l3#