Happy Holidays
to you and yours
on behalf of the Faculty and Staff at the UCF Libraries!
Library Holiday Hours
(December 11-January 8)
Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
Saturday-Sunday
Closed
In observance of the Holidays we will be closed Friday,
December 23 through Monday, December 26 and Friday, December
30 through Monday, January 2.
Library Exhibits
Connecting the
Community: Maitland and Eatonville
January 3 - March 31
Connecting Andre Smith and Zora Neale Hurston:
Maitland and Eatonville as Joining Communities by
Richard Colving, Maitland Art Center
The exhibit features 12 paintings by the
Maitland Art Center's founder, visionary artist and
architect, Andre Smith (1880-1959). The paintings depict
Eatonville in the 1930s and 40s, accompanied by text panels
of Eatonville folklore and photographs.
Zora's Maitland by Betty Sample, Maitland
Historical Society
A look at Maitland through Zora's eyes.
Zora's Legacy by Dr. Anna Lillios, UCF English
Department
A look at Zora's literary legacy and how she interpreted the
two communities in her writings.
Please join us
for the opening reception on Friday, January 13, 2006 from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information on these exhibits
and a calendar of events, please call (407) 823-2576 or
visit
http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/Exhibits/MAC.
Memory Lane
For the
next few months we will be featuring
pictures taken from the University Archives. At
present, we cannot attach names to the individuals
portrayed, but we believe that they were all faculty or
staff at FTU/UCF.
Can you
help? If you know, or think you know the featured
people, please contact the University Archivist,
Elizabeth Konzak at (407) 823-5427,
ekonzak@mail.ucf.edu,
or Judith Beale at (407) 823-3129,
jbeale@mail.ucf.edu.
Any and
all help is very much appreciated.
Searching
for a Perfect Gift?
Surprise a friend, colleague, or
family member with a unique holiday gift this year; honor
them by dedicating a book at the UCF Libraries in their
honor!A gift of $50
will enable you to honor someone with a personalized book
plate. The illustration below is an example of how the book
plate will appear. Make your gift by December 20th and a
personalized note will be sent to the honoree notifying them
that you have honored them at the UCF Libraries.
Please contact the Library
Development Office at
dteague@mail.ucf.edu or at (407) 823-5982 for simple
instructions as to how you can make a gift.
As always,
thank you for your support of the UCF Libraries!
For confidential inquiries regarding ways you can
become a part of the UCF Libraries circle of support or to
unsubscribe from this newsletter, please contact Dwain Teague at (407)
823-5982 or at dteague@mail.ucf.edu.