EveryLibrary Institute NFP

The EveryLibrary Institute is focused on the funding future for public, academic, and school librarians - and the profession of librarianship. We hope to use all the tools and techniques available to us through digital, online, virtual, and in-person engagement with the public to educate our communities about the role of librarians in civic and social life, business and economic development, and education and literacies. Our hope is to realize a policy environment at the local, state and federal level that funds library services and therefore strengthens the vitality of communities, bridges social and societal gaps, and adds to our shared prosperity.

The EveryLibrary Institute NFP has a focus on research, writing, publishing, marketing, and related activities that demonstrate to policymakers, funders, elected officials, and the public the impact and importance of properly funded public, academic, and school libraries in the United States and abroad. These programmatic areas are aligned to develop an understanding of the perception and expectations of libraries and librarians through research and then provide training to library leaders on realizing those aspirations.

The EveryLibrary Institute works with subject specialists from inside the library community to develop lines of inquiry that move the profession forward along with experts from outside our sector to refine and affirm our approach. Since 2018, the Institute has been conducting original research, publishing scholarship and policy-focused works, and training library leaders to focus on the funding future for our institutions. Our management team are seasoned professionals who understand the library space as well as the funding landscape for libraries.

The EveryLibrary Institute has published several new research projects including value-added analysis of the Public Library Statistics survey from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. These value-added projects help library leaders understand their position in the sector contemporary to other libraries. We are publishing The Political Librarian (ISSN 2471-3155) which supports original scholarship on public policy and tax policy for libraries. We have also conducted several state-wide trainings for state libraries and organizations to help improve the political literacy skills of library leaders. Our HALO Fund initiative is a COVID-related Mutal Aid program for library workers and the FundLibraries.org site is a crowdfunding platform for libraries and literacy organizations across the globe. Our recent Library Advocacy and Funding Conference drew over 1,000 attendees to learn up-to-date skills in fundraising, advocacy, campaign work, and power-building.