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How do you transform Homecoming from “an event for alumni” to a community celebration highlighting the best aspects of a campus community? And can you do that with a beer in your hand while tailgating? This session will explore the data that is driving Homecoming in new directions, and a few best practices that are producing the return on investment administrators are looking for.
Homecoming: What's In It For Us? A Look at Best PracticesTimothy State
How do you transform Homecoming from “an event for alumni” to a community celebration highlighting the best aspects of a campus community? And can you do that with a beer in your hand while tailgating? This session will explore the data that is driving Homecoming in new directions, and a few best practices that are producing the return on investment administrators are looking for.
Soner Tarim of Gulen Harmony Schools Wife Nancy LiGulen Cemaat
Soner Tarim of Gulen Harmony Schools in Texas was given his walking papers at the end of October 2017 by FETO himself, Where is Soner Tarim? Married to Nancy Li who has pushed herself into the center of Houston society. Easton Resource Development, Inc is her firm which is an education consulting and PR firm (more than likely Harmony is her top client) Are the super power couple of Texas being sent to another country to lead another Gulen empire?
Soner Tarim of Gulen Harmony Schools Wife Nancy LiGulen Cemaat
Soner Tarim of Gulen Harmony Schools in Texas was given his walking papers at the end of October 2017 by FETO himself, Where is Soner Tarim? Married to Nancy Li who has pushed herself into the center of Houston society. Easton Resource Development, Inc is her firm which is an education consulting and PR firm (more than likely Harmony is her top client) Are the super power couple of Texas being sent to another country to lead another Gulen empire?
Peter Berkery of AAUP was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Academic Publishing in Europe conference. He gave an overview of the AAUP community of publishers, the association's strategic goals, and our roles in the global community of scholarly communications.
Breaking the Mould: Leisure Reading – Not Just for Public Libraries Anymore Melanie Parlette-Stewart
Presented at the OLA 2016 Super Conference with Hana Storova and Jacqueline Hamilton
It is what you read when you dont have to that determines what you will be when you cant help it – Oscar Wilde
The University of Guelph Library opened its Gryph Reads Leisure Reading collection to students, staff and faculty in July 2013. With the collection established, the focus of the Gryph Reads Committee has shifted. A new library-wide committee focuses on not only collection development, but promotion, building awareness and increasing user engagement through events and marketing. This session will engage participants through an exploration of the purpose and potential of leisure reading collections in academic libraries. Key initiatives of our committee have included a user experience survey, Blind Date with a Book event and One Book One Library Book Club. We will share lessons learned and best practices. Participants will leave the session with a road map for developing their own leisure reading collection and program.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will:
Explore the purpose and potential of leisure reading collections in academic libraries;
Examine the development of the University of Guelph leisure reading collection from initiation to present day;
Identify best practices for creating a leisure reading collection, including budgeting, collection development, events, and marketing in an academic library.
Getting Together To Go Forward: The Lessons of Diversity Initiatives and How ...Louis Muñoz Jr.
Graduates from various library diversity initiatives will discuss their experiences and summarize their programs’ outcomes. Presenters and participants will then brainstorm and explore various strategies that their institutions can use to recruit, nurture, and retain more individuals from under-represented groups. At the conclusion of the program, participants will share their suggestions with the larger group. (These ideas will form the nucleus of a Wiki resource that librarians can use for furthering diversity efforts.)
Diversity in a Flash: A Lightning Showcase of Residency Diversity Initiativessespinosalib
An American Library Association 2015 Annual Conference presentation sponsored by the Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table and the Residency Interest Group.
Diversity Residency Programs provide professional opportunities to recent MLS graduates from underrepresented communities in librarianship. Residents have spearheaded innovative approaches to support the diversity mission of the institution and library through internal and external initiatives. Hear from current and previous residents who have developed outreach initiatives and diversity programming highlighting ethnicity and multiculturalism at four academic libraries as they share recommendations for developing, implementing, and sustaining similar projects at other institutions. Outreach and programs include developing relationships with diversity departments and local communities, holding events to celebrate diverse cultures and ethnicities, and looking internally at institutional resources to support diversity. More information at http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28886
The 85 projects presented in this online gallery offer a small sample of university presses' innovative work, in celebration of the 10th annual University Press Week. Take a look, Read UP, and Keep UP!
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View the selected entries for the 2018 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show—a celebration of excellence in publication design.
Chair: William Bishel, Information and Business Systems Manager, University of Texas Press
Panelists: Patricia L. Searl, Editorial and Technical Specialist, University of Virginia Press; Laura Furney, Assistant Director & Managing Editor, University Press of Colorado; Michael Regoli, Director of Electronic and Journals Publishing, Indiana University Press; Paul Grotevant, IT Manager, Web & Contract Services, University of Texas, Austin
Facilitator: Robbie Dircks, Associate Director & CFO, University of North Carolina Press
Panelists: Mike Bieker, Director, University of Arkansas Press; Dan Wackrow, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Harvard University Press
These slides are from the AAUP Monograph Costing Tool Webinar, held Thursday, July 28, 2016. The upcoming tool was developed by Nancy Maron and Kim Schmelzinger and adapted from their methodology in ITHAKA S+R's study, "The Cost of Publishing Monographs."
These slides are from October Irvins as part of "The Charlotte Initiative on eBook Principles: Making eBooks Work for Libraries and Publishers" at AAUP 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.
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Does It Have to Be Blue? The Purpose and Evolution of Book Covers in University Press Publishing
Chair: Rob Ehle, Art Director, Stanford University Press
Panelists: Tom Eykemans, Senior Designer, University of Washington Press; Julie Thomson, Direct Marketing Manager & Sales Associate, Duke University Press; Christie Henry, Editorial Director, Sciences and Social Sciences, University of Chicago Press
The last two decades has seen a dramatic shift in book cover design treatment at many university presses. At one time, covers were treated as tasteful ornament to serious work, often as restrained as the book’s scholarly prose, rarely eliciting spirited discussion. Cover designs are now treated as serious marketing tools, with multiple designs, multiple rounds, and, occasionally, heated debate. While academic writing is no more accessible today than it was twenty years ago, and print runs are likely to be way less than half what they used to be, are we deluded to care so much about book covers? Or are first impressions even more critical for those very reasons? Two designers, a sales manager, and an acquiring editor discuss the phenomenon, doing their best not to come to blows.
These slides are from Rob Ehle, Art Director at Stanford University Press, as part of "Does It Have to be Blue? The Purpose and Evolution of Book Covers in University Press Publishing" at AAUP 2015 in Denver, CO.
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
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• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
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AAUP 2016: Successful University Press Fundraising Four Ways (N. Mitchell)
1.
2. Panelists
Lisa Bayer has been the director of the University of
Georgia Press since 2012. Her scholarly publishing career
focused on book marketing and spans 25 years; she was
introduced to university presses as an intern at Southern
Illinois University Press during graduate school. A native
Midwesterner, she has worked for six publishers in four
states, including Penn State Press, the Minnesota
Historical Society Press, and the University of Illinois
Press. Lisa is a member of the AAUP Board of Directors
and is former chair of the AAUP Library Relations
committee. At Georgia she acquires in women’s history,
creative nonfiction, and general trade.
Lisa Bayer
DIRECTOR
University of
Georgia Press
3. Panelists
Leandra Nessel is a Development Associate for the University
of Georgia Press, the University of Georgia Libraries and The
Georgia Review. Leandra began her development career with
the Libraries 10 years ago and added the UGA Press and the
Review to her portfolio when those units began reporting to
the Library five years ago. Since coming to work for the
University of Georgia, Leandra has been involved with the
planning and fundraising for the Libraries’ $45M Special
Collections Libraries facility and she works closely with the UGA
Press’ Advisory Council and the Board of Visitors for the Library
and the Review. She is currently working with the UGA Press
Director to establish a named directorship for the Press.
Leandra coordinates annual fund appeals for all three units as
well as individual fundraising initiatives as they arise. Leandra
helps to plan author events across all units and develops
programming and events for the annual Georgia Writers Hall of
Fame ceremony.
Leandra Nessel
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
University of Georgia
Press, University of
Georgia Libraries, and
The Georgia Review
4. Panelists
Joanna Ruth Marsland is Director of Development for the
University of North Carolina Press. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Hollins College with a B.A. in Mathematics, she earned a
M.S. in Conservation of Art from the University of Delaware/
Winterthur Museum, and worked in conservation for the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia and Tryon Palace
Historic Sites and Gardens in New Bern, North Carolina.
Increasingly interested in larger arts and economic issues, she
returned to school to earn her M.B.A. from Kenan-Flagler
Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill, then became the Executive
Director of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove. She
joined UNC Press in 2006 as the Director of Development. She
is a former member of the Hollins Alumnae Board, the North
Carolina Humanities Council, and is immediate Past President
of the Chapel Hill Preservation Society board. She lives in
Chapel Hill with her husband and son.
Joanna Ruth
Marsland
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
University of North
Carolina Press
5. Panelists
Alison Mudditt has been Director of University of California
Press since 2011. Alison’s publishing career begin at 1988 at
Blackwell in Oxford before joining Taylor & Francis Inc. in
Philadelphia as Publishing Director of the Behavioral Sciences
Division in 1997. Alison joined SAGE in 2001 as Vice President
and Editorial Director, and was appointed Executive Vice
President in 2004 where she led the SAGE's publishing programs
across books, journals and digital during a period of tremendous
growth. Alison is a regular speaker at industry meetings and is
currently Vice Chair of the Scientific Publications Committee and
member of the Open Science Committee of the American Heart
Association, and member of the Board of Directors of K|N
Consultants. She has also served on the Executive Council of the
Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the American
Association of Publishers, and was Co-Chair of the Dean’s
Leadership Council at California State University, Channel Islands.Alison Mudditt
DIRECTOR
University of
California Press
6. Structure and environment
Institutional structure and reporting
• Independent – or –
• Integrated into university system
Fundraising culture
• Open cultivation – or –
• Clearance system
Fundraising environment
• Local wealth
• Access to alumni – locally,
nationally, and internationally
• Family foundations
• Locally based corporations
• Competition
7. Press advancement team
• Full-time staff person for grants,
title subsidies, stewardship
• Half-time front-line fundraiser
(individual donors)
• Support from the Graduate School’s
director of advancement
• Press director
Part of a fundraising team of 25 reporting
up to the Provost’s Office
University of Washington Press
8. Now (nearly) fully integrated into the university’s advancement structure:
• UW Alumni Association
• Principal Giving (major gifts)
• Regional Advancement
• Corporate and Foundation Relations
• Advancement Communications
• Planned Giving
• Annual Giving
• Capital Campaign
Plugging into central advancement
9.
10.
11. • Regular spot in alumni magazine (four issues a year) and space in
bimonthly e-blasts and social media
• Visibility through UW communications
• Presence at campus development events (Recognition Gala, Parent &
Family Weekend, Mighty Tieton Block Party, etc.)
• Invitations to VIP receptions for press donors
• Working on exclusive press event for alumni
• Awareness and excitement about the press among UW fundraising staff
• Partial funding for press development staff and small operating budget
Tangible results
12. • Northwest Writers Fund supports the work of some of the region’s most
talented nonfiction writers. The fund provides author advances for
regional trade publications.
Fundraising successes
The Northwest Writers Fund “provided me the time and gave me the
inspiration to find primary documents, longtime residents, and local
experts who have helped me tell the stories of this place. And that is
what the fund is all about, giving writers the opportunity to discover
our stories and share them with readers.”—David B. Williams, author
of Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography
13. • Ruth Kirk Fund supports publications that inform the general public
on the history, natural history, archaeology, and Native cultures of the
Pacific Northwest.
Fundraising successes
• $80,000
• Converted from planned endowment gift to direct use fund
14. Integrated Fundraising at the
University of Georgia Press and
Libraries
Lisa Bayer, UGA Press
Leandra Nessel, UGA Libraries
15.
16. Wormsloe Foundation Nature Fund
Wormsloe Foundation Publication
Sarah Mills Hodge Fund
Friends Fund
Bradley Hale Fund for Southern Studies
Bruce and Georgia McEver Fund for the Arts and Environments
Kenneth Coleman Fund for Georgia History (endowment)
Georgia Power-Grady College Assistantship (endowment)
Current Revolving Funds
and Endowments
17. All fundraising at UGA is conducted through the UGA Foundation, a
501(c)3
The UGA Press began reporting to the UGA Libraries in 2011
Full-time Director of Development coordinates development
efforts for the University of Georgia Libraries (original assignment),
the UGA Press, and The Georgia Review, a literary journal.
Director of Development reports 50% to the University Librarian
and 50% to the UGA Foundation
Development office is additionally staffed with a Development
Associate (Full-time Library employee) and two support positions
funded by the Library.
History of UGA Press Development
18. Advisory Council – primarily a “friend-raising” organization, serving
as connectors to individuals or organizations across the state and
region
Targeted development opportunities presented to Advisory Council
members
“Cross-pollination” between Library, UGA Press, and The Georgia
Review donor base
Coordination with UGA Foundation’s Corporate and Foundation
Relations team to strengthen relationships with state and regional
foundations
Creation of sustainable, active Annual Giving Program to serve as
pipeline for Major Gift/Planned Giving fundraising efforts
Development Strategy
23. Current Funding Priorities
1. Comprehensive Campaign Goals
Endowed Director’s Position
Paid Student Internships (Experiential Learning)
2. Individual Title Fundraising
3. Publishing Partnerships / Relationship Building
24. AAUP 2016
Energize and Innovate
“Successful University Press Fundraising Four Ways”
Joanna Ruth Marsland
Director of Development
25. • UNCP is the press for the 17-campus UNC System
• We are a separately incorporated 501(c)3 affiliate of the System
• We do not have a foundation
• We sit on the flagship Chapel Hill campus, and pre-date most of the campuses,
so many assume we are a division of UNC-Chapel Hill
• Cons—do not have access to research resources nor direct access to alumni
• Pros—do not have to stand in line, maintain flexibility
UNC Press Structure
26. • John Sherer, Spangler Family Director
• Joanna Ruth Marsland, Director of Development, full-time
• UNC Press Advancement Council
– 12-20 members appointed by director
– Two 3-year terms
– Two meetings a year
– Capacity to give or to get
– Love books
– Love North Carolina
UNC Press Development Team
27. • We do it all! Prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Through many avenues! Major gifts, annual fund, special initiatives, specific
title subventions, and planned giving
• Focus primarily on individuals, with some corporate and foundation grants
UNC Press Development Program
28. • Publishers are invisible, leading to lack of awareness of what we do and what
our needs are
• So many development opportunities, challenge to keep focused on what is best
return on limited resources (staff time and money)
• Solo shop can be overwhelming with too many “irons in the fire”
• Being vigilant about not letting the development tail wag the university press
dog
UNC Press Development Challenges
29. • Development program mission-based and directed by UNCP strategic goals
• Director of Sales Michael Donatelli fond of saying, “We are all in sales”
• Piggy-back on marketing and publicity
• UNCP trade list is easy entry point for prospects
• In-house designer for creating truly lovely web-based and printed
development materials
• University press peers
UNCP Development Advantages
30. • Major Gifts
– Spangler Family Directorship, $1M
– Mellon Grant, $1M
• Annual Fund—UNC Press Club
– $540K in unrestricted operating funds since 2010
• Special Initiatives
– Thomas W. Ross Fund, $100K to support campus publishing projects
handled through our new OSPS
– Authors Fund, $50K in 3 years, donated royalties to support first time
authors
• Specific Title Support—Wayfaring Strangers
– Our first crowd-sourced funding campaign, raised over $20K for oversize,
4-color, CD insert
UNC Press Development Successes
31. • 100th Anniversary in 2022
– Major gifts
• Endowed positions
• Endowed areas of list areas
• Funds supporting commissioning of works
– Build stronger relationship with constituent campuses
– Encourage more online monthly sustainer donors through UNC Press Club
annual fund
– Secure more planned gifts through “First Edition Society” planned giving
society
UNC Press Next Steps
33. History of UCP Development
• Focus on endowments and title-level giving
• Via a separate 501(c)3 – the UC Press Foundation
• Resourced by 50% Development Director, one support staff
– And significant time from the Director
• Successfully built $15M endowments and $000s for individual titles
34. Why Did We Need to Change?
• Internal:
– Shifting publishing strategy
– Cost and inefficiency of title-level fundraising
– Isolation of fundraising activities
– Challenge of hiring/retaining development staff
• External:
– Limited donor pool for “old” strategy
– Rise in “people power” is transforming philanthropy
35. What Have We Learned?
• Fundraising must be embedded in the work of the organization
• We’re not fundraisers
– Experienced major gifts officer is critical
• We can’t retain all donors in this transition
• We need a clear, concise and compelling “impact story”
• Building to major gifts is a long, slow process
36. A Culture of Philanthropy
Shared
Responsibility
for
Development
Integration
and
Alignment
with Mission
Focus on
Fundraising
as
Engagement
Strong donor
relationships
37. UC Press Internal Fundraising Team
• Alison Mudditt, UC Press Director • Development Director (new hire) - LEAD
• Elena McAnespie, Marketing Director • Susan Owen, Administrator
• Kim Robinson, Editorial Director • Peter Perez, Director, PR & Communications
• Todor Grigorov, CFO / Treasurer
Title Subsidy Grants
Lead: Kim
Robinson
• Support for
book projects,
humanities focus
• Editors acquire
content and secure
financial support
from foundations,
authors, academic
institutions
• Development
admin / Finance
process & allocate
funding
• Assume title-
level grants w/out
reporting
requirement
• Minimal direct
fundraising activity
by Development
Director. Advisory
role.
Program Grants
Distributed
responsibility
•
Program/publishi
ng staff to own
relationships with
funders
• Cultivate new
relationships,
identify funding
opportunities
• Lead
development of
grant proposals;
freelance grant-
writing resources
as needed
• Minimal direct
fundraising
activity by
Development
Director. Advisory
role. (5%)
• Finance,
reporting
Marketing
Lead: Peter
Perez
• Email
marketing to
members
(ICYMI)
• Ongoing
“internal”
communication
re: program
with Trustees
• Membership
direct mail,
annual fund (2x
annually)
• Develop
strategy /
activities in
partnership
w/Developmen
t Director. (5%)
Major gifts
Lead:
Development
Director
• Identify,
cultivate, solicit
donors and donor
prospects.
• Strategic
prospect research
to build portfolio
of 100+ prospects
capable of giving
at $50K+
• Qualify major
gift prospects &
solicit
• Prepare formal
fundraising
materials and case
statements
• Ongoing support
from senior team +
publishing staff
• Primary focus
(75%)
Board of Trustees
Lead:
Development
Director
• Oversee efforts
of Board via
quarterly mtg &
committees
• Partner with
Board leadership to
expand committee
structure and
recruit new
Trustees
• Facilitate Board
involvement in
fundraising
• Facilitate
effective
committee work
• Ongoing support
from senior team +
publishing staff
• Secondary focus
(15%)
Administration
Lead: Susan
Owen
• Gift processing &
acknowledgement
• Manage Trustee
meetings: logistics,
communication,
distribution of
materials
• Endowment
acknowledgement
s and stewardship
outreach
• Coordinate
meetings with
donors
• Tracking of
program grant
schedules
• Prospect
research
• 50%
commitment
Finance
Lead: Todor
Grigorov
• Financial
reporting &
administration,
inc. disbursement
of endowment
funds
• Liaison with
Trustee Finance
Committee
• Preparation of
tax returns and
oversight of
financial audits
• Financial
reporting, grants
38. Current Fundraising Focus
• Foundation grants:
– Focus on digital and infrastructure (Mellon, NEH)
– But beware of grant management/reporting!
• Major gifts:
– Focus on trade titles – “translational scholarship”
– Campaign building on Board giving
• Title-level giving:
– Led by acquisitions team
39. Embedding Fundraising at UCP
1. Senior management team are committed to and involved in fund development
2. All staff see themselves as ambassadors
- And can articulate the case for giving
3. Program staff and development staff communicate regularly
4. The donor perspective is part of decision-making
5. Fundraising efforts are discussed regularly to engage staff and donors
1. Senior management team are committed to and
involved in fund development
2. All staff see themselves as ambassadors
- And can articulate the case for giving
3. Program staff and development staff
communicate regularly
4. The donor perspective is part of decision-
making
5. Fundraising efforts are discussed regularly to
engage staff and donors
40. Resources:
www.haasjr.org
Underdeveloped: A National Study of Challenges
Facing Nonprofit Fundraising Jeanne Bell and
Maria Cornelius
Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Build a
Culture of Philanthropy? Cynthia M. Gibson
Editor's Notes
Talk about the experience of a Press with a long and successful history of fundraising that has needed to go through an extensive reevaluation of its fundraising activities over recent years.
Although Giving USA’s newly released report shows that in 2015 charitable donations in the US hit $373 billion – a new record – many non-profits have struggled to raise the resources they need. Research from the Hass Junior Fund points to issues such as:
High levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions
And organizational issues such as an absence of basic fundraising systems and a lack of shared responsibility across senior management for fund development.