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ALADN 2003 Development Is Team Work
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Key Principles of Development Team work-development is not a solo act, but requires orchestration Giving streams – we do more with less by focusing on priorities
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Criteria for Successful Development Flexible staffing – desirable in good times, critical during budgetary constraints Responsiveness – always essential in all things
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Development Is Everybody’s Business Dean’s Development Team Associate University Librarians (AULs) Development and PR Staff Faculty Staff and Student Workers Friends
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Development Is Based on Library’s Priorities Excellence in service through facilities, collections, and staff Access and responsiveness Vision 2020 goals
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On Spirit/One Vision Campaign Priorities Preservation – shared conservation and storage facility Scholarly Reputation – strengthening collections in traditional and emerging areas Service – attracting, retaining, and rewarding outstanding faculty, staff and student workers Built Environment – enhancing and maintaining inviting library spaces
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Development Should Support Instruction/Research “To faculty at Texas A&M, the library IS our laboratory, it IS our archaeological excavation James Rosenheim, Professor of History and Director of Glasscock Center for Humanities Research site, it IS our million-dollar piece of state-of-the-art hardware.”
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Strengthening & Rewarding Faculty and Staff is an Organization and Development Priority Internal – library faculty & staff External – university faculty & staff
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How Development Supports Library Faculty and Staff McLemore Fund – provides funds for advanced study and degrees to faculty & staff Eight Endowed Professorships – awards to senior faculty
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McLemore Educational Opportunity Scholarship Endowment amount: $500,000 Type of awards Faculty pursuing masters or doctorates in their library specialties Staff pursuing advanced degrees in their library specialties
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McLemore Educational Opportunity Scholarship Number of awards: 19 since inception in 1998 Total awards amount 1998-2003: $58,079 Average award amount: $1K – 2K
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McLemore Scholarships: It’s not the amount of the gift, it’s the results 3 PhDs completed 5 Masters completed Archival, languages, and technical training for 11 staff & faculty Promotes career advancement, diversity
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Endowed Professorships Who: Senior faculty with administrative and/or scholarly achievements Why: a library’s reputation is only as good as its faculty How: Funded from streams of unrestricted gifts & Friends
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Other Gifts that Support Staff Development Louise Davis Memorial Staff Awards – 15 awards over 9 years ($1000 each) Louise & James W. Davis Library Opportunity Scholarships – 9 student awards annually ($500) Roberts, Huss, Sumner, and Hamill Foundation Student Worker Opportunity Awards – 4 annually ($1000 each)
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Continuing Gift Streams Memorials Aggie Muster volume Friends – Madeley Fund, preservation and other special projects
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Secret to Successful Fundraising at Texas A&M
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Virtues of Successful Library Development Priorities Persistence Patience
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