http://hdl.handle.net/2142/442 Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 25, 1979); Edited by Donald W. Krummel http://hdl.handle.net/2142/554 The management of volunteers Wedel, Cynthia V olunteers can and should be an important part of every nonprofit organization. This is not only to save money though it can do that but because it is a right of people to have an active share in those institutions which are supported by their tax or philanthropic dollars. The volunteer portion of our society is undergoing some dramatic changes today which offer new challenges and many new opportunities to all organizations which are alert to what is happening. I don't know a great deal about the detailed operations of libraries (although I worked in one at one time) , but the basic principles of volunteer participation and management, I am sure, apply to libraries as they do to hospitals, school systems, and social welfare agencies. To understand these changes, we must look at what is happening to people today which has an effect on volunteering. Volunteer workers in libraries http://hdl.handle.net/2142/553 "With friends like these..." Seaton, Elaine JDriends of the Library: so benign, so helpful, so ... friendly! Yet, so often when one mentions the subject to library administrators reactions are heard which range from, "Oh yes, we had a group years ago, when we had our new building campaign, but after that they became inactive and quietly disappeared," or, "Oh, you have a friends group? I keep thinking I should try to get a group going for my library, but what do you do with them?" to "Friends? You mean pests! There are days I'd trade them for identifiable enemies!" Are friends worth the bother? Is it heresy to ask? This small anthology of case studies has been assembled on the basis of discussions with many people, in different parts of the country and from libraries of various sizes. An entire book could be written about the interactions between library administration, the trustees of the library, and the friends group. There appears to be an endless array of stories, experiences, and strong feelings among participants in these mini-dramas. Friends of the library http://hdl.handle.net/2142/552 The development function Sanberg, Thomas G. Development is an appropriate term for describing the essential function which sustains most nonprofit, contribution-reliant institutions. To develop is to activate or to grow; the development function is concerned with promoting growth. Often, in the context of the nonprofit organization, development is considered to be synonymous with fund raising; the function is seen exclusively as one of raising money. Actually, the development function is much more inclusive. Fund raising is the result of development, not the essence. Friends of the library Fundraising Development http://hdl.handle.net/2142/551 Friends groups and academic libraries Mosher, Paul H. By 1930 there were emulative friends groups at Columbia, Yale, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins, and the number grew substantially during the next four decades. While the process of growth has been substantial, it has undergone fluctuations; there has been a fairly high mortality rate among friends groups. The number swells during periods of poor library funding or rapidly rising costs, and it declines during times of plenty ; for example, there were few new groups between 1954 and 1970, 2 but significant multiplication of them occurred during the decades immediately preceding and following that period. There has also been a tidal ebb and flow as groups have lost direction or membership, or as major projects have been completed. Successive editions of the ALA Friends of the Library Committee publications show that of thirty-five groups listed in 1937, twenty-four were not listed in 1951; and of eighty-eight listed in 1941, fifty-nine groups were not mentioned in 1951, and fifty were missing in 1955.3 However, groups which became moribund have sometimes been reactivated. Groups are presently active in support of about one-half of the ARL libraries. 4 The typical academic research library friends group was organized by the library director working in conjunction with alumni and faculty. It has about 600 members and a number of membership categories, with dues ranging from $10 to $500. The group is governed by a president, a vice president, a secretary-treasurer, and a program chairman; an executive committee consisting of those officers acts as a steering committee for a board of fourteen, which governs the organization. The library director serves ex officio on the board. Friends of the library Academic libraries http://hdl.handle.net/2142/550 Library friends and regional library networks Mathews, Anne J. 1 he pre-White House Governor's Conferences on Library and Information Services have served to emphasize to all of us the importance of citizen input to and interest in libraries and library services. From around the country, reports of state conferences indicate that concerned citizens are banding together to form local, regional, and, in some places, state groups of lay people for the purpose of providing effective support for libraries. There is an excitement about libraries as a result of the pre-White House conferences. In a recent issue of Library Journal, we are reminded that "delegates are concerned citizens and have been preparing themselves for one year by reading, hearing, and thinking through thousands of resolutions, editorials, articles, etc." This statement refers to Oklahoma White House conference delegates, but it applies to lay delegates from all fifty states. However, not every concerned citizen is a White House conference delegate; many people who are involving themselves in statewide support groups represent local Friends of Libraries groups. Friends of libraries have been supporting their local libraries for many years. As Sandy Dolnick has so aptly pointed out, "All Friends of libraries are citizens. Therefore, all citizens are [prospective] Friends of Libraries." Growing interest in friends activities at the state and national levels gives credence to the belief that citizens do care about libraries. Friends of the library Library cooperation http://hdl.handle.net/2142/549 Introduction to Organizing the library's support: donors, volunteers, friends (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute November 11-14, 1979) Krummel, Donald W. On November 11-14, 1979, the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science sponsored the twenty-fifth annual Allerton Park Institute at Robert Allerton Park near Monticello, Illinois. This silver jubilee conference was devoted to the work of auxiliary groups which support libraries through donations of time, enthusiasm, political encouragement, money, and books.* The importance of the topic was evidenced by a capacity registration for the institute. No less gratifying was the wide geographic spread of the ninety-one participants; in all, thirty-two states were represented, with 70 percent of the registrants coming from more than 500 miles away. (Allerton Park Institutes are used to having Illinois as the home state of the largest number of registrants, but it was a pleasant surprise this year that Delaware came in second, Georgia third, and Oklahoma fourth. ) The number of small libraries represented, both academic and public, is all the more impressive, and evidences the depth of interest in the topic today. The reason for the interest is not obscure. Friends groups are springing up across the country in recognition of the classic adage about "friends in need." Volunteer workers in libraries --Congresses Friends of the library --Congresses http://hdl.handle.net/2142/548 Index to Organizing the library's support: donors, volunteers, friends (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute November 11-14, 1979) Index http://hdl.handle.net/2142/547 Leadership dynamics and the governing board of a library friends group Horwitz, Tem IVather than attempt to lay down hard and fast rules or to set up models for the administration of a library friends group, I would like to share some observations about the structure, functions, and organizational patterns that appear to work best in tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations. My remarks apply to situations where the friends group is legally empowered as the board of trustees or directors of a corporation ; where this group is part of a larger governing body; and where this group is in reality an auxiliary board with limited or no formal power. Every successful not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization with which I have worked has been blessed with one very strong guiding spirit. This person has usually been either the chairman or president of the friends group, or the executive director of the organization. There is always one person who has a vision, a strong will, and the commitment to see that this vision is translated into a program. Friends of the library Leadership http://hdl.handle.net/2142/546 Library friends publications Holman, William R. Well-designed graphics and printing are essential for friends publications. In our service to both the library and the community, we stress the need for enlisting the most able and imaginative friends for our endeavors. We look for friends with knowledge and discrimination in expressing the library's various programs, services, and purposes. Any publication issued by the friends should reflect a warmth and grace that will motivate public interest and response for both the library and the friends. Aldous Huxley has said that "good printing can create a valuable spiritual state in the reader," the very state which we hope will promote increased receptiveness to the various projects sponsored by the friends. It is not uncommon for members of a friends organization to spend weeks or even months in analyzing, planning, and preparing lengthy annual reports, newsletters, and other publications. The investment is considerable; resulting publications should not be issued in a banal or unattractive manner. The cost of issuing a fine publication is little more than that of a mediocre one. It is merely a matter of type and graphic design, the selection of appropriate paper, and the careful use of illustrations. Today, it is practical for friends groups to produce publications at reasonable costs. Almost all libraries public, college, school, or university have at their disposal an offset duplicator, either located in the city, county, school, or college offices, or available through a local printer. Once the copy has been properly typeset, an overall design executed, and camera-ready copy prepared, any piece can be printed attractively on a limited budget. Friends of the library http://hdl.handle.net/2142/545 The library and its friends Holley, Edward G. As cultural and educational institutions, libraries have, from the very beginning of their existence in this country, enjoyed the encouragement and support of a host of friends. This has been true no less for public institutions than for private institutions. It is clear from any reading of the historical record that important libraries do not come into being without the vision, imagination, and determination of individuals who not only give support themselves, but also encourage others to do so. This tradition of contributing books, and funds for books, has an especially long history in higher education as demonstrated most clearly in two of the country's oldest universities Yale and Harvard. Friends of the library