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Sponsorship/Partnership

Sponsorship/Partnership. Management presentation Group V – Greg Bennett, Josie Crimp, Natasha Held, Karolina Stolarska, Helen Wade. Partnership. …affiliation, assistance, association, band, body, brotherhood, business, cahoots, cartel, chumminess, clique, club, combination, combine,

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Sponsorship/Partnership

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  1. Sponsorship/Partnership Management presentation Group V – Greg Bennett, Josie Crimp, Natasha Held, Karolina Stolarska, Helen Wade Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  2. 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… Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  3. Programme • Background and introduction • Same-sector partnerships • Cross-sector partnerships • Cross-domain partnerships • Agencies aiding partnerships • Conclusions Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  4. Background • Long history of LIS cooperation • Change: top-down management, external funding • Little cross-sectoral/cross-domain partnership? Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  5. Why Work in Partnership? • Overall better service if not savings • Mutual support • Generate new ideas Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  6. Building a Partnership • Start small, evolve • Anticipate potential logistical barriers • Consider indirect costs and benefits • Ideal size of partnership Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  7. Same Sector Partnerships Pooling like-with-like… • National and local level partnerships • 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 Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  8. Case Studies • Art Libraries • ARLIS and LCHA • Academic Libraries • M25 Consortium Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  9. ARLIS • Arts Libraries Society/UK and Ireland • Directories • Periodical Union list • ARLIS Link Discussion list • ARLIS Newsletter, Arts Libraries Journal • Disposal Policy • Cataloguing & Classification Committee • Peer Library visits in UK & Abroad • Conferences Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  10. LCHA • London Committee for the History of Art • Local level • Co-operative acquisitions • Networking • LALIC, SVAG, etc ... Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  11. M25 Consortium Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  12. 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 Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  13. Cross Sector Partnerships Both strategic and practical… Common purposes: • Joint implementation of policies • Exchange of information • Electronic resource provision Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  14. Case Studies • The British Library • School libraries with public libraries • School libraries with FE/HE libraries Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  15. The British Library Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  16. 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 Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  17. School Libraries Partnership with public libraries • School visits • Coordinating reader development • Study support initiatives Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  18. School libraries Partnerships with FE/HE Libraries • Shared catalogue access • Coordinated approach to information literacy development • Promotion of further education Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  19. Cross Domain Partnerships Corporate Sponsorship… “Libraries have to understand that their good name, their good reputation in the community, is worth money.” Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  20. Benefits • Cash • Kit • Customers Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  21. Concerns • Negative association • Insistence on recognition • Loss of usual funding • Higher expectations Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  22. Recommendations A library should: • Demonstrate that sponsors further the library’s mission • Safeguard equality of access to library services • Protect the principle of intellectual freedom • Ensure the confidentiality of user records • Be sensitive to the local political and social climate Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  23. Agencies Aiding Partnerships A type of cross-sector partnership… National agencies • The Reading Agency • Ask a Librarian • CILIP awards Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  24. Agencies Aiding Partnerships Regional agency boundaries Regional Agencies • Regional Development Agency Act 1998 • eg LLDA • eg SWMLAC Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  25. South West Museums Libraries and Archives Council Funding Database Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  26. Conclusion Successful partnerships: • Appropriate partners – common vision • Responsibility & trust • Communication • Evaluation processes Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  27. Sustaining a Partnership • Formal organisational structure • Principles not persons • Financial contracts • Ongoing support Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  28. Disadvantages? • Regional, local or national? • Costs of consortia • Time/resource commitments Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  29. The Future of Partnerships • Customer-focused • Technology • Government policy Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

  30. “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.” Partnership and Sponsorship - 2005 - Group V

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