NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 28 number 2 - Winter 2007

Friends of the Library News: Jim Ruth New FOL Director

James L. Ruth has been appointed to the position of director of the Friends of the
Library and Annual Giving, effective September 10, 2007. Ruth joined the Libraries in 2006 as an NCSU Libraries Fellow, with a department assignment in Research and Information Services and a project in the Libraries' advancement program. He has been instrumental in a number of NCSU Libraries' fund-raising initiatives, including the successful "Name a Brick" program and the new "Honor with Books" program. Ruth's experience as a Carolina Academic Library Associate at UNC–Chapel Hill provided a strong grounding in the work of academic libraries, including reference and Web services, collection management, and preservation. His library experience and background in engineering make him ideally suited to working with the Libraries' Friends, donors, and alumni.
Ruth holds an M.S.L.S. Master from UNC–Chapel Hill and a B.S. in mechanical engineering, with a minor in economics, from Duke University. As an undergraduate, he received the Kevin Deford Gorter Award for his work as founder of and fund-raiser for one of Duke University’s sports clubs.