10: Deveopment
Development Other Information:
The Augustana Library Associates needs to continue developing its members as advocates for and financial supporters of the
Augustana library. Beyond their annual giving we need to determine how Library Associates members might be invited to make
additional gifts to the library renovation and/or the library’s endowment. The latter might be through specific requests for
the library to be included in a planned gift to the college. One of the ways we want to strengthen Library Associates is through
expanded partnerships. Beginning with The Big Read, and continuing with the South Dakota Festival of the Book, we want to
ensure that Sioux Falls residents are aware of the Augustana Library Associates, its book club services, the fall program
of authors, as well as A Winter’s Tale. We believe that the Associates has the potential to grow by identifying book club
participants who recognize and support the critical role that the Augustana library plays in the Sioux Falls community. We
have discovered that students who are enthusiastic library users may feel as though they have been cut adrift from a rich
array of information resources after they graduate from Augustana. While we offer some reference assistance via email, we
want to explore broadening that service. In addition, we want to see what it might cost to modify our licensing agreements
so that we can provide access to a limited range of electronic resources to Augustana alums.
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