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Partnering with Purpose A Guide to Strategic Partnership Development for Libraries and Other Organizations
Janet L. Crowther, Barry Trott
Book Code: LU0900
ISBN: 1-59158-090-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-090-4
160 pages, figures; tables
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 10/30/2004
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 8 1/2 X 11
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [E]ssential reading for anybody contemplating partnering with other agencies. It's well-presented, proven, practical, and thorough advice, delivered by people who have made it work, time and again, to the betterment of the library, its partners, and the community they serve.
    —Ex Libris     July 15, 2005
  • Using the analogy of courtship, Janet L. Crowther and Barry Trout explain the steps to a succesful partnership--from "glances" and "dates" to "engagements" and "marriage"--in Partnering with Purpose: A Guide to Strategic Partnership Development for Libraries.
    —American Libraries     March 2005
  • Given the dearth of publications dedicated to addressing the partnership process, this is a sound resource for any library considering partnering with businesses, community organizations, and schools as a way to increase engagement with the community.
    —Booklist/Professional Reading     March 1, 2005
Description: Learn how to maximize your library's resources, gain access to more resources in your community, promote services, and reach new segments of the population through partnerships--with businesses, with schools, with other nonprofit organizations. Drawing on their experiences in developing successful partnerships with a variety of organizations, these authors show you how to go about creating productive and mutually beneficial community partnerships. They also explain how to avoid some of the common partnership pitfalls along the way. Based on what has become widely known as the WRL model, the guide begins with the rationale for partnerships and the organizational library structures needed; and then shows you how and with whom to form partnerships, how to handle challenges that may arise, how to meet partners, and how to create and maintain mechanisms for tracking and evaluating partnerships. The authors use the analogy of courtship to clarify the various phases of partnership development: glances, dating, engagement, and marriage. Brimming with samples and reproducible forms, this practical hands-on guide contains everything you need to get started on the partnership path.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What Is Partnering?
  • The WRL Model for Partnering
  • Internal Foundations for Partnership Development
  • Setting Up the Internal Structure for Partnering
  • Forming a Partnership
  • Letters of Agreement
  • Evaluating Partnerships
  • Partnership Management
  • Partnership Problems
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
PDF Catalogs:
LU Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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