Using Libraries Endowment Funds

Established in 1979 to help University Libraries curate distinctive collections and advance research, teaching and creative activity, the 1804 Endowment is open to all faculty, students and staff. The Junior Faculty Endowment, open to tenure-track faculty, is used to purchase items normally not covered under the Libraries’ annual acquisitions funds. The awardees are announced each July.

Miriam Shadis, associate professor in history, shows her “History of the Crusades” students details unique to the facsimile. Shadis was awarded the Libraries’ 1804 Endowment to purchase four medieval facsimiles, one of which is pictured here.

Welcome back to “This is Alden Library” on the Libraries’ Twitter account. The third floor is home to the Fine Arts Library as well as lots of collaborative space, which many students take advantage of for group and individual study. Make sure you don’t miss the next part of the series all about the fourth floor of Alden, which is coming soon.