UCF Libraries

Office of Library Development

University of Central Florida

IN DEVELOPMENT

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Greetings from the UCF Libraries

We are thrilled to present you with our first e-newsletter that will provide you with monthly updates on behalf of the UCF Libraries.  Our goal is to keep our friends, donors, and alumni apprised of the many exciting things taking place at the libraries.  We hope you enjoy this monthly update.  If you have suggestions or questions, please let us know.

Recent Acquisitions

The Library’s Special Collections department recently received a gift of two sculptures from Jon and Rosemary Masters of New York.  The sculptures by Jean-Camille Nasson and Derek Webster supplement the Bryant Collection, a scholarly collection of items that support the study of the West Indies and the Caribbean.  In addition, the Library recently completed the licensing to have access to the SPIE Digital Library.  SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, provides more than 120,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings, including full coverage from 1998 to the present. This resource costs the Library $32,000 per year.

Library Exhibits

April

      Creating glassware: from concept drawings

          to final project.  Exhibit by Margaret Weiss

      National Library Week Exhibit by Hal

          Mendelsohn, UCF Reference Librarian

May

      Vintage M&M toys by Debbie Weatherford

      Exhibition by The Busy Fingers Quilting Shop

For more information on exhibits please call (407) 823-2756.

Volume 1, Issue 1    April 2005

Dwain Teague

Director of Library Development

Ph: (407) 823-5982

Fax: (407) 823-2529

dteague@mail.ucf.edu

Donor Spotlight

LIFE (Learning Institute for Elders) at UCF recently made a gift to the UCF Libraries in support of its endowments.  This gift will enhance the collections and services provided by the UCF Libraries to all UCF students, faculty, staff, and friends.  To learn more about LIFE, please visit them on-line at  http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~life-ucf/.

 On behalf of the UCF Libraries, THANK YOU for your support.

Have you visited the UCF Libraries online?  http://library.ucf.edu/

Did you know that?

• A $50 gift will purchase one new book for the general collection.

• A $300 gift will purchase Electrical Principles and Practices: Resource Guide for our engineering collection.

• A $1,000 gift can be designated by the donor to any area or goal within the UCF Libraries and will also recognize him/her in the President’s Circle giving society.

• A $16,000 gift or pledge will renew our one-year subscription to the Nuclear Physics – Section B online journal.  UCF is the only university among the 10 universities in the State of Florida system to provide access to this unique database.

• A $25,000 gift or pledge will establish a named endowment in the subject area chosen by the donor.