Presentation on the potential benefits of using digital bookplates in the public library setting. Given at a class on public library administration sponsored by B&ECPL and Long Island University C.W. Post Campus.

1. Digital Bookplates
Potential Fundraiser for the Public Library
Angela Pierpaoli
Technology Support Librarian
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
pierpaolia@buffalolib.org
Presented July, 2014

2. What is a Digital Bookplate?
“Unlike traditional
bookplates, digital
bookplates exist
virtually and are
linked to library
catalog records”
(Foster/Robinson).

3. Who currently has digital bookplate
programs?
A: Academic Libraries
 Brown University
 Davidson College
 Harvard College Library
 Princeton Theological Seminary Library
 University of Florida Libraries
 Western Libraries

4. Why Digital Bookplates?
 Flexible fundraising platform for a digital
world.
 Less staff time than traditional print-based
bookplate program.
 “Green”
 Bookplates can be associated with all types
and formats of materials, not just books.
 Donors can view their bookplate, or list of
materials purchased with their donation,
without having to come in to the Library to
find a particular item.
 Bookplates do not have to be physically
added to rare or valuable materials.

5. To Consider Before Starting a Digital
Bookplate Program
 If the digital bookplate program will be handled
separately or integrated into the Library’s current
giving initiatives
 Digital bookplate program web presence
 The creation of virtual donor walls so that all
bookplates can be viewed in one place
 Bookplate designs (customized at higher levels)
 Whether or not to use gift levels, and if so, determine
amounts
 How to add Catalog records
 Electronic/print brochures for digital bookplate
program and donation forms
 Whether or not bookplates can be printed and
possibly framed as a keepsake or gift for the donor

6. Brown University Digital Bookplates Site – Also see Project
Website at http://dl.lib.brown.edu/its/software/bookplates/

7. Davidson College Digital Bookplates Site

8. Harvard College Digital Bookplates Site

9. University of Florida Libraries Digital
Bookplates Site

10. Western Libraries Digital Bookplates Site

11. Bookplate Example - Brown University

12. Bookplate Example - Davidson
College

13. Bookplate Example - Harvard University

14. Bookplate Example - University of
Florida Libraries

15. Bookplate Example- Western Libraries

16. Projects Donor Wall - Western Libraries Special Initiative
Vintage Football Film Digitization Project

17. Projects - Adopt-A-Book Programs -
Smithsonian

18. Catalog Records - Brown University

19. Catalog Records - Western Libraries

20. Catalog Records - University of Florida
Libraries

21. Potential uses for B&ECPL
 Donations of money or materials
 Make part of annual fund
 Honor a loved one or as a memorial
 Bucks for Books Campaign
 Special Collections Donations
 A way to reward or honor current, retiring, or
past staff members
 Fundraising for specific projects
 Adopt-a-Book Programs

22. Helpful Articles
 Foster, Sherry, and
Jennifer Robinson.
"Donor recognition
and cultivation
through the use of
digital bookplates."
Journal of Library
Innovation 3.2
(2012): 43+.
 Carrico, Steven,
Jason Fleming, and
Betsy Simpson.
‘Virtual Bookplates:
Enhancing Donor
Recognition and
Library
Development”.
College and Research
Library News 71.8
(2010):419-423.

23. Helpful PowerPoints and Handouts
 Digital Bookplates:
Using the OPAC
for Stewardship in
the Digital Age
(Brown, 2008)
 Throw Out Those
Paper Bookplates
2.pdf (Western,
2010)
 Western Libraries
Digital Bookplate
Brochure