I wrote this for the CJCLS Blog at the end of November. I didn’t want to support any one organization, though I desperately wanted to write about EveryLibrary.
Community & Junior College Libraries
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday is upon us!
Does your community college do a fundraising campaign for scholarships? Does your library participate in some way?
I’m now at a university, and I’ve been looking over the scholarships the university is highlighting for this year’s giving event. I know many of us make monthly deductions from our paychecks to our community college communities. Some may give in other ways, too. At the community college I was at previously, the faculty, which includes librarians and counselors, would raise money to purchase Thanksgiving turkey dinners for students in need. In our local communities, many of us are probably involved in our local public libraries in some way, which often includes holding office or membership in the local library’s Friends group.
One thing that I hadn’t realized about Giving Tuesday is that it is…
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