Library partnerships: a key to growth

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this column is to review several recent library partnerships and highlight the benefit of such endeavors for the libraries and their partner institutions.

Design/methodology/approach

This is a literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed by professionals, researchers and practitioners.

Findings

Visibility and access to the library in some unexpected locations, thanks to a number of creative partnerships, can serve as greater a function to the library as to its partner and the community. The vitality of the library can be at least partially sustained by its partnerships and can serve as a model for other public/private and public/public associations where both sides of the partnership benefit in the estimation of the public.

Originality/value

The value in addressing this issue is to examine the creative public/private and public/public partnerships of which libraries can avail themselves in an effort to best serve their patrons.

Citation

Massis, B. (2013), "Library partnerships: a key to growth", New Library World, Vol. 114 No. 11/12, pp. 550-553. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-07-2013-0061