Libraries receive $26K in grants

The Friends of the SMU Libraries gave a total of $26,734 in grants to the SMU Libraries in 2003. The funds will be used for the following:

• $5,000 to Fondren Library Center Reference Services to purchase the Readers Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982.

• $4,432 to Central University Libraries (CUL) for software enhancements in the Assistive Technology Center.

• $3,000 to Bridwell Library to help fund a renovation project to accommodate compact shelving donated by the Frito Lay Company.

• $3,000 to CUL to help finance the production of its annual report.

• $2,021 to SMU Libraries systems and CUL Information Support Services to purchase a Tablet PC for shared staff use.

• $2,000 to DeGolyer Library to help ship donations from the Massachusetts Historical Society's newspaper collection from Boston to SMU.

• $1,828 to the Business Information Center for software and hardware that will be used to capture and record computer screen activity in video format with accompanying voice narration.

• $1,590 to the Norwick Center for Media and Instructional Technology (NCMIT) to purchase a professional digital video recorder.

• $1,000 to the SMU Literary Festival.

• $540 to the NCMIT to purchase supplies for the SMU Video Archives Series on the history of the University.

• $500 to fund the Continuing Excellence Library Staff Recognition Award.

• $500 to support the Library School Scholarship Award.

• $500 to CUL Collection Development to purchase the Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History.

• $423 to the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man Library for the purchase of the Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures.

• $400 to the NCMIT to purchase a portable standing podium.

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