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Friends of the Libraries' Annual Gift List

2007 Seats for the entryway into the Learning Commons and an addition to the Friends of the Libraries Scholarship endowment principal ($10,000)
2006 A large globe for the Learning Commons, a public-use color printer, and a skeleton for the Health Sciences Library ($9,200)
2005 Addition to the principal for four selected Libraries endowment funds. ($8,000)
2004 Final installment for the Friends of the Library's Study Room in the new Learning Commons (on the second floor) in Alden Library ($10,000)
2003 Second installment for the Friends of the Library's study room on the second floor of Alden Library ($6000)
2002 Addition to the principal for the Friends Scholarships endowment, and base installment for the Friends of the Libraries study room on the second floor of Alden Library ($5000 total)
2001 Purchase of book baskets for stacks areas, electronic equipment for the Music/Dance Library, and a microcard reader printer (matching share) ($7227 Total)
2000 Funds toward redecorating the Alden Library Dean's Conference Room ($5000)
1999 Funds for renovations in the Friends of the Library Room ($5000)
1998 Additional contribution toward Scholarship Fund endowment ($6000)
1997 Base installment for the Friends of the Libraries Scholarship Fund ($6000)
1996 Contribution - addition to the base - for the Candus Martzolff Archives and Special Collections Endowment ($5000)
1995 Purchase of Arkscan equipment to assist the visually impaired (ca. $1400)
1994 Purchase of equipment for producing CD-ROM discs ($5000)
1993 Contribution toward enhancements in room 318 for instructional purposes ($7000, nearly 70% of the cost)
1992 Purchase of the computer and the construction of the Information Booth for the InfoGuide system in the main lobby (approximately $5000)
1991 Purchase of one Optelec low vision reading machine (less than $3000, matching one-to-one a unit provided by Affirmative Action
1990 Contribution toward a micro-card reader/printer unit ($7000, slightly over 50% of the cost); construction of two work benches for Preservation ($1500)
1989 Contribution toward endowing the Frank Fieler Book Fund, a 10th anniversary matching project ($5000)
1988 Contribution toward enhancements of the Friends of the Library Room for instructional purposes; purchase of Cleveland Plain Dealer microfilm to complete its run from beginning to current period; photo cabinets for storage in Fine Arts; purchase of a Richard Bigus book
1987 Large globe on stand; purchase of microfilmed southeastern Ohio newspapers
1986 Gift not recorded
1985 Contribution toward better signage, exhibit space, and refurbished lounge areas
1984 Contribution toward James Carl Fleeman Memorial Fund, for materials in the French and Romance Languages, to make it an endowed fund
1983 Illuminated building directory, 4th and 2nd floors
1982 Alice terminals for the 6th and 7th floors, sites not included in the initial planning ($2000)
1981 Coin-operated microfilm reader/printer; two books by Richard Bigus (spring); 15 used study carrels ($1500)
1980 Funds for missing runs of periodicals due to library funding cutbacks during mid-1970s

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