The Good, the Great, and the Unfriendly: A Librarian's Guide to Working with Friends Groups by Sally Reed Gardner (2017)

A good Friends of the Library group shouldn't just raise money for your library. They should help your library reach out to under-served groups; provide programming that makes the library relevant to all; engage your community in an awareness of your services; and let you funders know that the Library is most effective when it is fully funded. But organizing a Friends group does take time from someone at the top. Reed shares ideas so that you do it right the first time.

Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook by Carol Smallwood (2010)

Including 66 focused snapshots of outreach in action, this resource reflects the creative solutions of librarians searching for new and innovative ways to build programs that meet customer needs while expanding the library's scope into the community. Includes relevant essays such as "Involving friends of the library in community outreach programs."