Having unsuccessfully attempted to garner community support, awareness and funding in the past, the University Library at the Indiana University‐Purdue University Indianapolis decided to partner with the University Library Advisory Board. The board was charged with transforming itself into a...

Bidding for additional funds for your organisation can be both a daunting experience and an exciting challenge. This article offers a few principles for fundraising which have been gained through practice and the help received from others. It includes some “how to do it” tips which may serve...

Purpose – Strives to illuminate the types of relationships many libraries have with friends' organizations and to illustrate what makes a good relationship between the two organizations. While many libraries have had successful experiences with such groups, not all relationships have a happy...

Purpose – To assist library development staff in redefining who their library donors and constituency are in order to broaden the donor pool. Design/methodology/approach – Uses strategies developed by fund‐raising efforts at the University of Michigan. Findings – Cooperative development...

Purpose – Given the common theme of budget cuts, one library presents its award‐winning story to provide information to a small community, extended from other common community and state resources. Design/methodology/approach – Explores how this library won the award of being the “Best...

Purpose – To address the issue of using grant funding in the US public libraries. With reduced funding as in most public libraries, the three New York City library systems have partnered with the Urban Library Council (ULC), funded by The Wallace Foundation, to provide additional funds from...

Purpose – A model collaborative approach among three distinct library systems with common goals and missions but unique delivery systems. The primary goal was to improve the out of school environment in libraries and develop best practices in supporting youth during these hours. This paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a more deliberate strategy of partnering be considered by library administrators. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a viewpoint on effective library partnering. Findings – In a time of the network, complicated by constrained...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the possibilities for strategically and politically repositioning a library, despite economic hardships, for stronger relations with administration, local government, and user communities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose This purpose of this paper is to discuss a collaboration with a non-profit organization conducted as part of the Real Learning Connections project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The authors discuss their experiences working with a non-profit partner from outside the...