partnership and sponsorship - 2005 - group v 1 sponsorship/partnership management presentation group...

Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V1

Sponsorship/Partnership

Management presentation Group V – Greg Bennett, Josie Crimp, Natasha Held, Karolina Stolarska, Helen Wade


Partnership

…affiliation, assistance, association, band,body, brotherhood, business, cahoots, cartel,chumminess, clique, club, combination, combine,community, companionship, company,conglomerate, conjunction, connection,consociation, cooperation, cooperative, corporation,coterie, crew, faction, fellowship, firm, fraternity,friendship, gang, help, hookup, house, interest,joining, lodge, mob, organization, ownership, party,ring, sharing, society, tie-up, togetherness, union…


Programme

Background and introduction Same-sector partnerships Cross-sector partnerships Cross-domain partnerships Agencies aiding partnerships Conclusions


Background

Long history of LIS cooperation

Change: top-down management, external funding

Little cross-sectoral/cross-domain partnership?


Why Work in Partnership?

Overall better service if not savings Mutual support Generate new ideas


Building a Partnership

Start small, evolve Anticipate potential

logistical barriers Consider indirect

costs and benefits Ideal size of

partnership


Same Sector Partnerships

Pooling like-with-like…

1. National and local level partnerships2. Sharing and making accessible

resources, collections and expertise Union and cross catalogues Electronic partnerships: discussion lists and

gateways Professional development Standards/policies/procedures Peer library comparison and venue sharing


Case Studies

Art Libraries• ARLIS and LCHA

Academic Libraries• M25 Consortium


ARLIS

Arts Libraries Society/UK and Ireland1. Directories

2. Periodical Union list

3. ARLIS Link Discussion list

4. ARLIS Newsletter, Arts Libraries Journal

5. Disposal Policy

6. Cataloguing & Classification Committee

7. Peer Library visits in UK & Abroad

8. Conferences


LCHA

London Committee for the History of Art

1. Local level

2. Co-operative acquisitions

3. Networking

LALIC, SVAG, etc ...


M25 Consortium


M25 Consortium

Academic libraries in the M25 area Provides link to all member

catalogues through website CPD25 (continuing professional

development group) Scheme for mutual support in case

of disasters


Cross Sector Partnerships

Both strategic and practical…

Common purposes:

1. Joint implementation of policies

2. Exchange of information

3. Electronic resource provision


Case Studies

The British Library

School libraries with public libraries

School libraries with FE/HE libraries


The British Library


The British Library

Aiming to bridge the gap between museums, libraries and archives

Digitisation and content creation “Reaching the Regions” initiative Strong collaboration with public library

networks


School Libraries

Partnership with public libraries School visits Coordinating reader development Study support initiatives


School libraries

Partnerships with FE/HE Libraries

Shared catalogue access Coordinated approach to information

literacy development Promotion of further education


Cross Domain Partnerships

“Libraries have to understand that their good name, their good reputation in the community, is worth money.”

Corporate Sponsorship…


Benefits

Cash

Kit

Customers


Concerns

Negative association Insistence on recognition Loss of usual funding Higher expectations


Recommendations

A library should:1. Demonstrate that sponsors further the

library’s mission2. Safeguard equality of access to library

services 3. Protect the principle of intellectual freedom 4. Ensure the confidentiality of user records5. Be sensitive to the local political and social

climate


Agencies Aiding Partnerships

A type of cross-sector partnership…

National agenciesThe Reading AgencyAsk a LibrarianCILIP awards


Agencies Aiding Partnerships

Regional Agencies Regional Development

Agency Act 1998eg LLDAeg SWMLAC

Regional agency boundaries


South West Museums Libraries and Archives Council Funding Database


Conclusion

Successful partnerships: Appropriate partners – common

vision Responsibility & trust Communication Evaluation processes


Sustaining a Partnership

Formal organisational structure

Principles not persons Financial contracts Ongoing support


Disadvantages?

Regional, local or national?

Costs of consortia

Time/resource commitments


The Future of Partnerships

Customer-focused

Technology Government

policy


“As well as being an essential fact of life, partnerships can be enjoyable experiences – broadening partners’ experience, enabling them to discover more about varied institutions and agencies, and providing allies who can assist the library to achieve its objectives.”

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