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1GLCC
Who is remembering your library in their will?
We all have community members with significant GLBT collections in their homes. What will happen to their libraries when they have to downsize or when they die? Will their families toss the books into the recycling bin? Do they have books, magazines and DVD's they don't want their families to find. (If I died tomorrow what don't I want my kid to find? yikes)
I know that none of us needs another copy of Tales of the City or And Band Played On but there is lots of unique and rare stuff packed away in everybody's home library. How do we ensure that the "good" stuff ends up in our libraries?
We need to figure out the best way to reach out to members of our community who collect GLBT materials and encourage them to remember us when they are discarding their libraries. Better yet, we need to figure out he best way to have them designate us as monetary recipients in their wills.
If you have worked on this and especially if you have some success stories please share them. I'm working on an article for our center newsletter and our region wide newspaper soliciting material and monetary donations. If you have done something similar please share it here.
Dan Iddings e-zreader on LT
GLCC Library of Pittsburgh
We all have community members with significant GLBT collections in their homes. What will happen to their libraries when they have to downsize or when they die? Will their families toss the books into the recycling bin? Do they have books, magazines and DVD's they don't want their families to find. (If I died tomorrow what don't I want my kid to find? yikes)
I know that none of us needs another copy of Tales of the City or And Band Played On but there is lots of unique and rare stuff packed away in everybody's home library. How do we ensure that the "good" stuff ends up in our libraries?
We need to figure out the best way to reach out to members of our community who collect GLBT materials and encourage them to remember us when they are discarding their libraries. Better yet, we need to figure out he best way to have them designate us as monetary recipients in their wills.
If you have worked on this and especially if you have some success stories please share them. I'm working on an article for our center newsletter and our region wide newspaper soliciting material and monetary donations. If you have done something similar please share it here.
Dan Iddings e-zreader on LT
GLCC Library of Pittsburgh
2aulsmith
I've worked on this problem in the area of science fiction. I've only given oral talks to potential donors, but here's what I say:
- You should find a library that you know has a long term commitment to preserving material of the type that you have
- You should talk to them about whether they want your material
- You must make it explicit in your will. Telling people isn't enough. It helps if your executor/trix can distinguish what goes to the library easily (like they're all on one bookcase or they're all tagged GLCC/Pitt in LibraryThing). Do not let you lawyer talk you out of this part.
- Libraries need funds to care for materials. If you have enough funds to go with the collection to help them care for it, you will be making an even better gift than just giving them the materials.
- You should find a library that you know has a long term commitment to preserving material of the type that you have
- You should talk to them about whether they want your material
- You must make it explicit in your will. Telling people isn't enough. It helps if your executor/trix can distinguish what goes to the library easily (like they're all on one bookcase or they're all tagged GLCC/Pitt in LibraryThing). Do not let you lawyer talk you out of this part.
- Libraries need funds to care for materials. If you have enough funds to go with the collection to help them care for it, you will be making an even better gift than just giving them the materials.
4e-zReader
I just got a request to help someone in London (UK) find a GLBT library to make donations. There must be one but I haven't found it yet. Google here I come.
If you know of one let me know.
If you know of one let me know.
5ChrisGonzalezLibrary
Cgla in Indy. The best way to get these donations is to TALK ! TALK ! TALK!. Let people know you are there and want to get their stuff. I have more traffic from donations than I do people who actually read. I've had a 77 year old man bring his entire porn collection. "I'm 77. I could go anytime. Wanted to get these out of the house under my terms."Another couple {straight?} loved the drag shows. I now have 92 tapes of local performers, pagents as well as 29 photo albums that document the years before they got their video camera.I had asked them about the donation "sometime" and they eventually did.
