Johnson, JenniferPalmer, Kristi L.2014-01-142014-01-142013Johnson, Jennifer A., Kristi L. Palmer. "Organic, symbiotic digital collection development," Pg. 59-66. In: A Handbook of Digital Library Economics: Operations, collections, and services. Ed. David Baker and Wendy Williams. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2013.978-1-84334-620-3https://hdl.handle.net/1805/3830One of the critical success factors most evident in this project is cooperation and collaboration on a community-wide scale. while grants and internal resource allocations provided the necessary start-up funds, partnership working enabled the project leaders to lever additional funds from other sources. Success has bred success, with other partners wanting to participate as a result of initial achievement. Care needs to be taken however, when there is multiple bidding for funds as a partner institution, and clarity of role is required in applications.enbusiness modelsdigital collectionscommunity library partnershipslibrary fundingDigital libraries -- Collection developmentAcademic libraries -- FinanceLibrary fund raisingLibraries and communityBook chapter