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Perceptions of Academic Library Development Officers Regarding their Work in Fund-Raising

Advances in Library Administration and Organization

ISBN: 978-1-78190-313-1, eISBN: 978-1-78190-314-8

Publication date: 22 November 2012

Abstract

Purpose – Although not extensively documented, academic libraries in the United States of America have been involved in fund-raising for centuries. In more recent years, decreases in university budgets forced academic libraries to rely more heavily on philanthropy in order to operate or expand collections. However, much remains unknown about many aspects of academic library fund-raising. This study expands knowledge regarding library development efforts so that scholars and library administrators can better understand library fund-raising and become more successful in raising money.

Findings – Development work for academic libraries has shown to differ from other forms of development activities on a campus due to the fact that donors to academic libraries tend to differ from other kinds of donors on a campus. This research highlights strategies academic library development officers believe work in cultivating donors from a limited target population and how they believe this differs from or is similar to the work of other development officers in higher education.

Practical and social implications – This research sought to understand how organizational placement of the library development officer in the university has an impact on successful fund-raising.

Originality/value – This is the first research to directly study academic library development officers. This will help library administrators and those involved with academic library development efforts learn what library development officers believe works and doesn’t work in fund-raising.

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Citation

Lorenzen, M. (2012), "Perceptions of Academic Library Development Officers Regarding their Work in Fund-Raising", Williams, D.E. and Golden, J. (Ed.) Advances in Library Administration and Organization (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 31), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 241-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-0671(2012)0000031008

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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