NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 28 number 2 - Winter 2007
Libraries' Capital Campaign Update
By Suzanne Weiner, Library Advancement
As of October 31, 2007, the NCSU Libraries' fund-raising total
for its Capital Campaign stood at $9.4 million. The Libraries is
on a great trajectory to reach its $10 million goal by the end
of the campaign, but we still need your help. North Carolina State
University Chancellor James B. Oblinger has set endowment building
as the focus for the last year of the campaign, and the Libraries
has concentrated its efforts in this area for the past months.
Endowments are essential to the library and provide support for
activities, staff development, and collections. Two recently established
endowments are the Upchurch Collection Endowment,
in support of the Upchurch Collection; and the Lois Madden
Todd Endowment for the NCSU Fellows Program to support
professional development for new librarians. These funds provide
a measure of security and financial freedom for these programs
now and into the future.
There are many other opportunities for those who would like to
have a named, perpetual fund to support library collections but
would like to take more time to build toward the $15,000 needed
for a full endowment. Incubator Endowments offer the perfect solution.
The Libraries is offering a one-time, limited number of 50 percent
matches for an investment of $500. This $1,000 investment will
allow you to begin contributing toward an endowment and begin building
a lasting gift to the Libraries.
The Libraries has many good things to look forward to in 2008:
planning a new library building on Centennial Campus, interesting
speakers, and new exhibits. It has been a pleasure working with
all of the Libraries’ many friends and donors, and we thank
you for your support. The past year was one of celebrations and
gala events honoring major goals accomplished, and we look forward
to seeing you in 2008 as we close this Capital Campaign in style.
For more information on endowments or any other programs, please
call Suzanne Weiner, associate vice provost for Library Advancement,
at (919) 513-0631 or send an electronic-mail message to suzanne_weiner@ncsu.edu.
Development Updates
By Michael Gulley, Library Development
Naming Opportunities
The Libraries would like to acknowledge the following gifts made
since September 1, 2007, to support the East Wing renovation
and the planning and design of the new library on Centennial
Campus. For more information, please visit www.lib.ncsu.edu/renovation/namingOp/or
call Michael Gulley at (919) 513-7315.
Named Gifts
Suzanne Weiner, Large Atlas Stand
Bricks (Red)
William R. Pollard
Susan Sizemore Hanson
Jonathan Wormald
Bricks (White)
Honor with Books
One way to pay a lasting tribute to a friend, colleague, or family
member is to request that gifts be made in their name. The NCSU
Libraries is pleased to acknowledge the generous and thoughtful
gifts made in honor or memory of the following individuals since
the last issue.
In memory of Tina Cattaneo
Syngenta Seeds, Inc.
In Honor of Grandmama, Mrs. Elsie M. Hill
Jeffrey Thompson
In honor of Cyrus King
Slater and Patricia Newman
In honor of Robert P. Upchurch
Charles J. Peterson
In memory of Louis Wooten
Louis and Lytle Wooten Jr.
NC State Community Memorials
Whenever the NCSU Libraries learns of the loss of an NC State
student, faculty, or staff member, a special memorial is prepared.
Librarians purchase a title reflecting the academic or personal
interests of the deceased individual, mark it with a bookplate
in his or her memory, and include the person's name in the catalog
record. In this way, the NC State community member is permanently
honored and remembered in the Libraries' collections and the intellectual
life of the campus. Between August 1 and October 31, 2007, the
Libraries commemorated the following individuals:
Dean Wallace Colvard
Zach Myers
Cameron Underwood
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