Imagine Canada's Library Update - Summer 2006

Welcome to Imagine Canada's Library Update, a quarterly newsletter listing new publications from Imagine Canada and recent additions to the Imagine Canada -- John Hodgson Library, Canada's nonprofit sector knowledgebase.

New from Imagine Canada

Strengthening the capacity of nonprofit and voluntary organizations to serve Canadians: recommendations based on the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, a new roundtable report from communities across Canada.

New regional reports and subsector fact sheets from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO), including:

• The nonprofit and voluntary sector in Canada
• Sports and recreation organizations in Canada
• Religious organizations in Canada
• Social services organizations in Canada
• Arts and culture organizations in Canada
• Recruitment and retention of volunteers
• Recruitment and retention of paid staff
• Financial challenges of nonprofit and voluntary organizations
• Planning and infrastructure challenges of nonprofit and voluntary organizations

Building blocks for strong communities, a new series of reports from Imagine Canada and Canadian Policy Research Networks that compares the structure, development and supports for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small- and medium-sized community organizations (SMOs) in Canada and internationally:

• Key findings and recommendations
• A profile of small- and medium-sized organizations in Canada
• A profile of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Canada
• Results of key informant interviews

New from the sector
New Acquisitions List! Recent titles from the Imagine Canada – John Hodgson Library:

• Boards and Governance
• Civil Society / Social Economy
• Corporate Citizenship
• Fund raising and funding
• Grantmaking and Foundations
• Human Resources
• Legal and Regulatory
• NPO Management
• Public Policy and Advocacy
• Research and Statistics
• Volunteering
• Other topics

You will find these titles and other resources in the Imagine Canada library catalogue.
New Resource Guides from the Imagine Canada -- John Hodgson Library now available:

• Diversity, social inclusion and ethno-cultural communities
• Environmental sector
• Value of volunteering
• Cost of fund raising
• Administration costs

We are able to provide this service to our library users thanks to the generous support of our funders and Imagine Canada's membership of over 1,000 organizations. If you are not already a member of Imagine Canada, please consider joining today. Find out more about membership at Imagine Canada.

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