More Complete Information on Where to Put Your Donation to Work

Here is more detailed information on the possibilities contributors have to designate areas or purposes you may specifically choose to direct your contribution.

Friends Operations

Unrestricted

-contributions go to administrative costs and the Friends' annual gift to the Libraries

Friends Scholarship Fund

-increase the endowment for more scholarship aid for library student assistants

Lynn Shostack Fund

-for improving services for patrons with disabilities

Hwa-Wei Lee Fund

-for support for the Center for International Collections

Endowments Supporting Library Operations

Library General

-assists staff with special projects and services

1804 Special

-supports acquisitions that enhance research resources

Arts & Humanities Junior Faculty

-for newly hired faculty research materials

Vernon & Marion Alden Fund

-assists general needs of the Libraries

Martzolff Archives & Special Collections

-a general purpose fund for the department

Preservation

-supports efforts to extend the life of library materials

General Collection Enrichment

Contributions here go immediately and directly to the acquisition of library materials - books, journals, videos, electronic resources - in areas specified (e.g. business, education, government documents, health sciences, microforms, physics, etc.) or general acquisitions.

Special Library Endowments

Marion Alden Endowment

-for fine arts materials in Southeast Asia

Contemporary History Endowment

-for the Contemporary History Institute

Frank B. Fieler Book Fund

-for special collection materials on the history of the book and printing

James Carl Fleeman Fund

-for modern European languages, especially French

Edward & Claudette Stevens Library Endowment

-for materials on the history of education

LaTourette-Hatcher Endowment

-for health, physical education, and recreation materials

Joseph Morgan & Helen Morgan Wagstaff Endowment

-for the history of chemistry special collection

Donald & Marian Spencer Endowment

-for African American Studies materials

B.A. Renkenberger Memorial Endowment

-for materials on French language, literature and culture

Sydney & Sonya Buck Endowment

-for traditional Shakespearean materials

South East Asia Endowment

-for books and documents on Southeast Asia

Su-Chen Chang & Feng Chia University Funds

-for materials on Chinese and Taiwanese culture

You-Bao Shao Fund

-for the You-Bao Shao Overseas Chinese Research and Documentation Center in the Lee Center for International Collections

Daniel Shao Fund

-supports the curatorship of the Shao Center

Other

Your choice: improved technology, library beautification, etc. as you note