Washington, D.C.
October 14-16, 1998

Confronting the Challenges of the Digital Era

Program Session 1

Fundraising for the Digital Library

Convened by James G. Neal
ARL President

Good morning, and welcome to all our member representatives and honored guests. I'd like to recognize in particular the individuals and participants of the ARL Leadership and Career Development Program. Thank you for coming.

I'd also like to recognize an individual who is attending his first ARL membership meeting: Jay Jordan, the new president and CEO at OCLC.

I trust that everyone had productive committee meetings yesterday and enjoyed last night's reception welcoming new directors and viewing the slide lecture provided by our colleagues from the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress. At this evening's reception we will honor retiring directors, Joseph Boissé (University of California, Santa Barbara), Carlton Rochell (New York University), and David Stam (Syracuse University). Tomorrow morning, you will have the opportunity to see demonstrations of two of the AAU/ARL Global Resource Program databases, the Digital South Asian Library and the Latin American Journals Table of Contents Database.

Research libraries are being transformed by powerful forces and fundamental changes in global learning, information technology, and scholarly communication. To remain vital libraries must also become agents of transformation participating in the reshaping of the higher education and research enterprises. This requires a revisioning of the libraries' own future development and a fundamental rethinking of the economic models which underpin and define library growth and success.

The research library, particularly in its programs of collection development and information access, must behave almost chameleon like over the next decade as the current schizophrenic information environment is transformed. As Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Over the next two days at this 133rd ARL Membership Meeting, we will be confronting the challenges of the digital era. Our program sessions will focus on several key aspects of digital library development and our ability to advance in an environment where we are being asked to manage both expanding print and electronic collections.

Our topics will include fundraising, the scholarly publishing market, the staffing of our libraries, our expertise infrastructure, national information policy, and the scholarly communication process. We start off today by focusing on fund development: The raising of funds outside of our primary organizational environments to advance the goals of our libraries. Our keynote speaker today is Dr. Dan Mote, Jr.

In September of 1998, Dr. Mote began his tenure as President of the University of Maryland, College Park, and Glen L. Martin Professor of Engineering, after serving on the University of California, Berkeley faculty for 31 years. From 1991 to 1998, he served in several roles including Vice Chancellor of University Relations and President of the UC Berkeley Foundation. As Vice Chancellor, he led a comprehensive capital campaign with a goal of $1.1 billion dollars.

Between 1987 and 1991, he served as chair of Berkeley's Department of Mechanical Engineering while recruiting half of that department's faculty. He led the department to its number one ranking in the NRC Review of Graduate Program Effectiveness and raised approximately nine million dollars to support programs. His research efforts have resulted in more than 300 publications and patents in the U.S., Norway, Finland, and Sweden.

Dr. Mote is a registered professional engineer in California and has served professional societies in many capacities. Dating as far back as 1962, Dr. Mote's research, dedication, and commitment in his field have been recognized widely by peers, professional societies, and scientific councils. For more than three decades, he has received numerous grants, fellowships, and awards, all in recognition of historic contribution to his field and to research universities.

The Association of Research Libraries is truly pleased to have Dr. Mote present the chief executive's perception of university fundraising in this increasingly digital era.

Following Dr. Mote, we will continue our conversation about fundraising and welcome Dr. Dwight Burlingame. Dr. Burlingame is the Associate Executive Director for Academic Programs and Research at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. He is a professor in the Graduate School of Philanthropic Studies and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He has authored and co-authored seven books, over 30 articles and 100 book reviews. His most recent works include Critical Issues in Fundraising, Corporate Philanthropy at the Cross-Roads, and Library Fundraising: Models for Success.

Dr. Burlingame is active in the non-profit community, a frequent speaker, consultant and author on topics related to philanthropy, libraries and development, and a former library director.