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Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V1
Sponsorship/Partnership
Management presentation Group V – Greg Bennett, Josie Crimp, Natasha Held, Karolina Stolarska, Helen Wade
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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…
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Programme
Background and introduction Same-sector partnerships Cross-sector partnerships Cross-domain partnerships Agencies aiding partnerships Conclusions
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Background
Long history of LIS cooperation
Change: top-down management, external funding
Little cross-sectoral/cross-domain partnership?
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Why Work in Partnership?
Overall better service if not savings Mutual support Generate new ideas
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Building a Partnership
Start small, evolve Anticipate potential
logistical barriers Consider indirect
costs and benefits Ideal size of
partnership
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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
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Case Studies
Art Libraries• ARLIS and LCHA
Academic Libraries• M25 Consortium
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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
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LCHA
London Committee for the History of Art
1. Local level
2. Co-operative acquisitions
3. Networking
LALIC, SVAG, etc ...
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M25 Consortium
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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
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Cross Sector Partnerships
Both strategic and practical…
Common purposes:
1. Joint implementation of policies
2. Exchange of information
3. Electronic resource provision
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Case Studies
The British Library
School libraries with public libraries
School libraries with FE/HE libraries
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The British Library
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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
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School Libraries
Partnership with public libraries School visits Coordinating reader development Study support initiatives
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School libraries
Partnerships with FE/HE Libraries
Shared catalogue access Coordinated approach to information
literacy development Promotion of further education
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Cross Domain Partnerships
“Libraries have to understand that their good name, their good reputation in the community, is worth money.”
Corporate Sponsorship…
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Benefits
Cash
Kit
Customers
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Concerns
Negative association Insistence on recognition Loss of usual funding Higher expectations
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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
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Agencies Aiding Partnerships
A type of cross-sector partnership…
National agenciesThe Reading AgencyAsk a LibrarianCILIP awards
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Agencies Aiding Partnerships
Regional Agencies Regional Development
Agency Act 1998eg LLDAeg SWMLAC
Regional agency boundaries
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South West Museums Libraries and Archives Council Funding Database
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Conclusion
Successful partnerships: Appropriate partners – common
vision Responsibility & trust Communication Evaluation processes
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Sustaining a Partnership
Formal organisational structure
Principles not persons Financial contracts Ongoing support
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Disadvantages?
Regional, local or national?
Costs of consortia
Time/resource commitments
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The Future of Partnerships
Customer-focused
Technology Government
policy
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“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.”