Monday June 19, 2023
Mary Irwin, Libraries Development Officer, Smith CollegeElizabeth Myers, Director of Special Collections, Smith College In 2015, Smith College decided to rebuild rather than renovate the century-old main campus library. In this presentation, we will focus on the steps taken to educate and engage the extended Smith College community to raise funds both for the construction …
Tywanda L. Cuffy, Director of External Relations, Communications and Development Initiatives, University of Delaware Library Museums and Press Nicole Hernandez, External Relations Coordinator, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press In fall of 2019, Tywanda created the Library, Museums and Press Development Ambassadors to strengthen the culture of engagement and philanthropy among staff. Currently, Nicole …
Cynthia Childrey, Dean and University Librarian, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University Special and archival collections are about people, their voices and stories. Successful and sustained fundraising for archival collections requires building relationships based on a shared commitment to preserving and providing access to the power of distinctive voices, represented in photographs, oral histories, scrapbooks, journals, …
Kenna Barrett, Assistant Dean and CDO, University Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Adriane Lim, Dean of Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park Some institutions have mature development shops with seamlessly integrated library philanthropy. And then, there’s the rest of us! No matter where your institution is on its fundraising journey, you can create …
Shelly Jordan MHA, CFRE, Sr. Director of Development, Iowa State University Library Money does not grow on trees; development staff must find new pipelines for philanthropic gifts. Hired as a full-time development officer after years of sporadic staffing, an aging donor base, and 750 warm-ish alumni led me to dive in and start digging. Brainstorming …
