1979: Organizing the Library's Support: Donors, Volunteers, and Friends

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 25, 1979); Edited by Donald W. Krummel

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 complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• The Allerton Park Institute On Library Friends - D. W. Krummel
• The Library And Its Friends - Edward G. Holley
• Library Friends: A Theoretical History - Scott Bennett
• The Present State Of Library Friends - Sandy Dolnick
• Library Friends And Regional Library Networks - Anne J. Mathews
• "With Friends Like These..." - Elaine Seaton
• Friends Groups And Academic Libraries - Paul H. Mother
• The Development Function - Thomas G. Sanberg
• Leadership Dynamics And The Governing Board Of A Library Friends Group - Tern Horwitz
• The Management Of Volunteers - Cynthia Wedel
• Library Friends Groups And Their "Perquisites" - Marianne G. Briscoe
• Library Friends Publications - William R. Holman
• Information On Foundations - Jeanne Bohlen
  

The Proceedings of the Allerton Park Institute have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.