Financing Public Library Buildings

by Richard B. Hall

Financial difficulties are a common plague of library facility projects--large or small. Financing Public Library Buildings is the first comprehensive treatment of this critical subject. Hall brings nearly twenty years of experience overseeing LSCA-funded building projects in two states to this detailed guide. All aspects of the process and realities of finding financial support are planning library construction projects; project cost estimates; identifying and assessing potential funding sources; obtaining federal, state, and local government funding; and finding private funding. A summary ties everything together, and helpful charts, graphs, and worksheets (such as a method to figure average cost-per-square foot and a planning form for estimating construction costs) are provided throughout.

299 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994