Academic libraries are feeling the pressure of reduced funding. During the recent recession, academic libraries have had to endure significant budget cuts. Funding continues to go down at the same time the cost of materials and staff continues to increase. This has created an untenable situation of annual reductions to acquisitions budgets and the layoff of library staff. Not surprisingly, academic libraries have looked at other ways to fund their budgets. One of these is an increasing emphasis on fund raising (Feir, 2012; Lorenzen, 2010)

The aims of the present study are:
1.      To investigate donations/fund raising activities in the libraries.
2.      To know the perceptions of librarians towards donations/fund raising activities and their role/utilization of funds for the library
3.      To make a comparative analysis and to identify and understand the current status/trends of the donations/fund raising activities among the selected academic libraries of India and Canada.

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* 1. General questions regarding institution and library

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* 2. Do you feel that fundraising activities are necessary for supporting the library as day by day cost of books, journals increasing and budget is decreasing?

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* 3. Do you generate funds or ask for donations by various means such as approaching trusts/societies/welfare/alumni associaitons

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* 4. Has your library received external monetary donations (excluding funds from government/government committees and commissions) in the last three fiscal years (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) (If No then skip following No. 5 question)

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* 5. How much money have you received under monetary donations in last three financial years? (Pl write only about funds received by cheque/demand draft/electronic transfer/cash, not any physical items)

  2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Upto Rs. 5000 (Upto CAD $ 500)
Rs. 5000-10000 (CAD $ 500-1000)
Rs. 11000-25000 (CAD $ 1100-2000)
Rs. 26000-50000 (CAD $ 2100-3000)
Rs. 51000-75000 (CAD $ 3100-4000)
Rs. 76000-10000 (CAD $ 4100-5000)
Above Rs. 100,000 (Above CAD $ 5000)

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* 6. Have you received any donations in physical forms/gifts of items such as....

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* 7. From which sources have you received money/donations/funds/gifts of items

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* 8. Do you generate funds by carrying out the following activities? (If No then skip following No. 9 & No 10 question)

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* 9. If Yes then How much money you were able to generate by engaging in above activities

  2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Upto Rs. 5000 (Upto CAD $ 500)
Rs. 5000-10000 (CAD $ 500-1000)
Rs. 11000-25000 (CAD $1100-2000)
Rs. 26000-50000 (CAD $ 2100-3000)
Above Rs. 50000 (Above CAD $ 3000)

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* 10. How have you utilized the money/donations/funds you received or generated through various activities?

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* 11. Did the funding institution/donors put any conditions on how the funds/items were to be utilized?What reports / accounts had to be submitted to the funding agency?

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* 12. Did the Library also put conditions on how the donations in the form of money or items were to be utilized? Pl describe

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* 13. Does your library have the authority to launch a fundraising activity? (If No & Don't Know then skip following No. 14, No. 15, No. 16 & No. 17 questions)

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* 14. If yes then do you plan fundraising activity

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* 15. How did you identify the agencies to be approached for funding?

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* 16. How do you promote your fundraising activity?

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* 17. How would you rate the success of your library's fundraising activities

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* 18. Reasons for not engaging in fundraising activities:

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* 19. Does your parent institution engage in fundraising activity? (If answer is No & Don't know then skip following No. 20, No. 21, No. 22 & No. 23 questions)

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* 20. If yes then

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* 21. From which sources your parent institution have received/receives the money/funds/donations

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* 22. Does your library receives any share from donations received by parent institution

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* 23. Pl mention approximate percentage of share you received in last three years

  Upto 10% 11-20% 21-30% 41-50% 51-60% 60% and above
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16

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* 24. Pl share your experience in case of any activity about donations/ fund raising activity