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Library Development, SPEC Kit 359, Published by ARL

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Library Development, SPEC Kit 359

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Library Development, SPEC Kit 359, which gathers information to better understand the supporting structures and resources (personnel, financial, and material) and the activities and expectations associated with library development efforts at ARL member libraries.

This SPEC survey retained some elements of the similar 2006 study for longitudinal comparison of the pre-recession environment and the current, post-recession environment. The 2018 survey included new elements to more broadly depict the current role of library development, including “friend-raising” (efforts intended to generate committed and supportive relationships with outside parties and entities), communication to stakeholders of library value added, and stories and/or descriptive measures provided in these communication efforts. The survey also examined the role of advisory boards in the fund-raising process. Since many academic libraries are either currently or soon will be engaged in a capital campaign, or renovation of an old library, or construction of a new library, the survey also examined the complexities of these common endeavors.

This SPEC Kit includes examples of organizational charts, position descriptions, documents on fund-raising goal setting and development board and friends governance, gift policies, capital campaign literature, and statements on intellectual freedom, inclusion, and diversity.

Publication Details

SPEC Kit 359, Library Development 

Brian W. Keith, Joseph A. Salem Jr., and Kurt Cumiskey

July 2018 • 178 pp.

Online Edition

SPEC Kits on the ARL Digital Publications platform are open access and freely available to all readers.

Read/download SPEC Kit 359.

ISBN 978-1-59407-997-9

Print Edition

Print copies of SPEC Kit 359 are available for purchase.

ISBN 978-1-59407-996-2 • $40 ARL members/$50 all others

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2018 print subscription, four issues (358–361), shipping included (additional postage may apply outside North America) • ISSN 0160-3582 • $225 ARL members/$300 all others.

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About the Association of Research Libraries

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in Canada and the US whose mission is to advance research, learning, and scholarly communication. The Association fosters the open exchange of ideas and expertise, promotes equity and diversity, and pursues advocacy and public policy efforts that reflect the values of the library, scholarly, and higher education communities. ARL forges partnerships and catalyzes the collective efforts of research libraries to enable knowledge creation and to achieve enduring and barrier-free access to information. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

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