ALADN 2003 Development Is Team Work

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

Criteria for Successful Development Flexible staffing – desirable in good times, critical during budgetary constraints Responsiveness – always essential in all things

Development Is Everybody’s Business Dean’s Development Team Associate University Librarians (AULs) Development and PR Staff Faculty Staff and Student Workers Friends

Development Is Based on Library’s Priorities Excellence in service through facilities, collections, and staff Access and responsiveness Vision 2020 goals

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

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.”

Strengthening & Rewarding Faculty and Staff is an Organization and Development Priority  Internal – library faculty & staff  External – university faculty & staff

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

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

McLemore Educational Opportunity Scholarship  Number of awards: 19 since inception in 1998  Total awards amount : $58,079  Average award amount: $1K – 2K

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

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

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)

Continuing Gift Streams  Memorials  Aggie Muster volume  Friends – Madeley Fund, preservation and other special projects

Secret to Successful Fundraising at Texas A&M

Virtues of Successful Library Development  Priorities  Persistence  Patience