ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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G ra n ts
a n d

Acquisitions

Hugh Thom pson

The H enry M adden Li­
brary at California State Uni­
versity is the beneficiary of 
a charitable trust creating a 
$1 million endow m ent es­
ta b lis h e d  b y  A lb e rt a n d  
Evelyn Sanoian. T he trust 
w as established through the 
d o n a tio n  o f 200 acres o f 
Fresno County property val­
u ed  at $2.83 million. The gift 
w ill a llo w  th e  lib ra ry  to 
strengthen existing collec­
tions an d  be innovative in 
providing n ew  collections 
and services in the future.

Florida State U n iversity’s School of Li­
brary and Information Studies has been awarded 
a $50,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foun­
dation in support o f the bachelor’s degree pro­
gram in Information Studies. The first students 
will be enrolled in August 1996. The grant sup­
ports developm ent o f faculty, curriculum, and 
technology laboratories.

The Lib ra ry  C o m p a n y of Philadelp hia 
has received a three-year grant of $206,000 from 
the National E ndow m ent for the Humanities to 
com plete the cataloging o f its Afro-Americana 
Collection into RLIN. The collection includes a 
w ide range o f materials o n  subjects such as the 
early exploration of Africa, the Atlantic slave 
trade, A merican an d  C aribbean slavery, the 
antislavery m ovement in the U.S., the proslavery 
arguments, the politics of slavery in antebel­
lum America, an d  the culture o f free blacks. 
The grant will fund the cataloging of approxi­
mately 4,500 titles. W hen the project is com­
pleted, over 10,500 o f the Library Com pany’s 
titles relating to African American history will 
be available w orldwide.

M arlboro College h as received a  $ 4 ,0 0 0  
grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Founda­
tion to organize, rehouse, and create finding 
tools for its Howard C. Rice Collection of Kipling 
materials. The goal is to m ake the collection of

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research materials, unique 
items, and photos of Kipling 
in Vermont easily accessible 
for patron research an d  use.

The N atio n al Digital Li­
brary Federation (NDLF), a 
joint v en tu re o f m ajor re­
search libraries and archives, 
h a s r e c e iv e d  a $100,000 
grant from IBM corporation 
to  s u p p o r t critical initial 
planning efforts. The NDLF 
is exploring broad questions 
of transition from traditional 

library services to the new  digital environment, 
including issues o f technologies, content, ar­
chival responsibilities, organization, policies, and 
procedures.

The U n iversity of North D ako ta Lib ra r­
ies, G rand Forks, has receiv ed  a grant for 
$10,900 from the US West Foundation to en ­
hance its technology initiatives and to prom ote 
K– 12 educational access to the resources o f the 
libraries via the World Wide Web.

A cquisitions
W o rld -ren o w ned  science fiction author 
Piers Anthony has donated his papers to the 
University o f South Florida (USF) Tam pa Cam­
pus Library’s Special Collections Department. 
His donation includes original manuscripts, a 
w orking diary, and other docum ents relating 
to  his w o rk . Also, a w a rd -w in n in g  a u th o r 
Michael Resnick recently donated his papers 
to th e USF Library. Resnick is a H ugo an d  
Nebula w inner and is considered o n e o f the 
top science fiction writers in the country.

Also at USF, Florida artist Christopher Still 
donated pieces o f his personal collection to the 
library’s Special Collections Department, includ­
ing a sketchbook an d  a limited-edition print of 
one o f his latest works. Still has m ade a com ­
mitment to add to his collection in the future.

Also, a $1.2 million collection o f 350 Sammy 
Davis Jr. musical arrangements has been loaned 
to USF for five years by Tam pa businessm an 
Jerry Williams. ■

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