Library Development

This volume provides a basic understanding of the foundation of philanthropy, with an emphasis on how to raise private dollars for library service. Although public tax dollars and student fees have long been the primary sources of income for public and academic libraries, increased demand for services and increasing costs to deliver services have mandated a closer look at alternative funding sources. "Library Development" highlights the crucial issues in development programmes for libraries, including annual fundraisers, public relations, and capital campaigns. Editor Dwight Burlingame, who has chaired the most successful capital campaign in the history of Bowling Green State University, and 10 other experts describe pragmatic approaches to various aspects of fundraising that are most commonly used today. The authors offer a blend of theory and practice for library administrators, librarians, and board members who are involved in library fundraising, as well as for academics and students of librarianship.