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People, Cultures & Ideas
2006-2007 PROGRESS REPORT
Message from the
ACTING ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Transformations: Responding to Learning Styles, Information
Modes, and University Aspirations
The University at Buffalo Libraries continue a rapid and radical transformation driven by four
powerful and simultaneous forces. Over the next few years, the UB Libraries will change—in
terms of physical space and service activities. While our underlying mission – to provide the
information resources and services necessary to support learning, research and instruction for
students and faculty – will remain intact,
these four transforming factors will affect
how the Libraries look and how they
relate to the institution and communities
we serve.
∑ • The migration from paper-based to
digital information resources is
occurring faster than many of us had
anticipated. Over 50% of the
Libraries’ annual acquisitions budget
is now spent to lease access to online
digital information rather than to buy
traditional books and journals.
∑ • Addressing the information needs of
the Net Generation is prompting a reexamination of the kinds of services the Libraries
provide and how we retool our space. Libraries are increasingly becoming environments
that support student connection and active experiences with creative, collaborative
resources, and with instructors and peers. The Libraries are morphing to address the
needs of active, Net Gen learners who tend to work in groups, demand instant response,
and thrive in the read/write culture of blogs, YouTube, Wikipedia, MySpace, and
Facebook.
∑ • Construction of the Libraries’ offsite Annex was completed in Fall 2006, and the move of
low-use and electronically superseded resources has commenced. Within the next few
years, up to 1.5 million physical volumes will move to the Annex storage facility from
which items can quickly be retrieved when needed. This move gives us an exciting
opportunity to renovate worn, dated space to better address the current needs of users
and the University.
∑ • The Libraries will play a lead role in the realization of the UB2020 Comprehensive
Physical Plan. The goal of this ambitious University endeavor is to create a quality physical
environment that will “…attract the best faculty and student talent…” and serve “… a
diverse population in today’s knowledge-based society.” The Libraries occupy prime
space at the cores of both main campuses that can be repurposed for transformations
inspired by the Comprehensive Physical Plan.
Front cover Dalai Lama photo by UB Law School
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The new UB Libraries will exhibit the following primary characteristics:
∑ • The Libraries will be centered on their services rather than their traditional, physical
collections. The success and formats of our services will continue to be based on the per-
sonal interactions of our librarians and staff with our community. As collections move to
the periphery of library space where they will be accessible and secure, renovated central
library spaces will provide access to attractive, technology-enabled areas for quiet study,
group study, social interaction, exhibit, and expanded service hubs. Our digital
collections provide 24/7 access to information, and our Instant Librarian service provides
real-time, online reference help. Self-checkout kiosks will handle routine circulation
transactions.
∑ • Library services will share space with other user services to form Commons Areas. As
digital collections become the norm and as low-use, paper-based collections move to off-site
storage, the total Libraries footprint will be transformed into multi-faceted spaces that
address a variety of teaching and learning styles and provide access to a span of integrated
services. Presently isolated campus services can be merged to create “service malls” where
students and faculty can get assistance regarding research and learning. Commons Areas
– the name frequently given to these merged sites – typically include library reference and
access services, computing help desk support, assistance with multimedia and software,
student tutoring and writing assistance centers, as well as group study and seminar
rooms. Service points for student accounts, advising, parking permits, and similar services
can also be integrated in these Commons. The object of the Commons concept is to provide
a single, convenient point of service delivery, as is increasingly evident in forward-looking
academic institutions.
∑ • The new UB Libraries will be designed to embrace future change. We will guard against
becoming locked into any particular paradigm; therefore, we will design flexible spaces
that can adjust quickly and economically in response to continuing changes in user
needs. Transformed library space will be “future proofed” to accommodate rather than
hinder change. Spaces will be zoned via various style and color cues to meet the varied
demands for social interaction and intellectual development.
In last spring’s SUNY Student Opinion Survey, the UB Libraries scored the highest among
UB campus services for addressing student needs, in spite of the fact that our existing facilities
are, at present, crowded and dated. The Libraries remain destinations where students study,
collaborate, relax, and socialize. As our library space
is repurposed and transformed, every effort will be
made to create spaces and services that promote the
roles effective libraries can play in a modern, world-
class, academic institution.
Stephen Roberts
Acting Associate Vice President
for University Libraries
photo by Nancy J. Parisi
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University Libraries Units
Arts & Sciences Libraries Association of Research Libraries
Architecture & Planning Library Center for Research Libraries
Lockwood Memorial Library Coalition for Networked Information
Oscar A. Silverman Undergraduate Library Comprehensive Research Libraries of New York State
The University Libraries
Science & Engineering Library Council on Library and Information Resources
Educational Technology Center (etc) Nylink
Health Sciences Library SUNY Connect
Charles B. Sears Law Library Western New York Library Resources Council
Music Library
The University Libraries
Special Collections
University Archives
Poetry Collection
Rare Books
Libraries Annex 135 graduate and undergraduate student assistants
Collections:
3,423,000 volumes
40,000 full-text electronic journals
5, 443,000 microforms
84,000 linear feet of archival and manuscript collections
Budget:
$19,200,000 University Libraries operating budget
$ 7,589,600 acquisitions budget
Percentage of the acquisitions budget
U iversit
dedicated to electronic resources:
Facts & Figures 2006
Serving over 20,000 persons each day on site and via the web.
Services:
70,000,000 annual hits to the Libraries’ Web site
500 public computer workstations
62,100 reference/information transactions
v
9,034 course reserve documents in digital format
61,585 Interlibrary Loan transactions
16,077 participants in instruction or group presentations
Donors:
2,292 individual donors to the University Libraries, 2006
eb addresses
Useful web add
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Instant Librarian:
l Acting Associate Vice President
for University Libraries
UB Faculty & Alumni Book Authors:
Stephen Roberts
Exhibits: 433 Capen Hall
Support Our Libraries:
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Students Rate the
LIBRARIES HIGHEST
UB’s undergraduate students rate Libraries’ resources, services, and facilities above all other
aspects of the student experience, according to the 2006 SUNY Student Opinion Survey.
Students were asked to rate 62 specific institutional attributes. Using a five-point Likert scale,
with 1= very dissatisfied and 5= very satisfied, students
gave the Libraries the following mean ratings:
• Library resources: 4.26
• Library facilities: 4.22
• Library services: 4.17
Since the “Cybrary”
areas within the Libraries pro-
vide over 500 computer worksta-
tions and a wide array of software for
students, computing is a major aspect of the
Libraries. Students rate UB’s “computer network” at
4.22. Next highest rated University services were significantly below the
Libraries, with “availability of instructors outside class” receiving a 3.90.
Both “Library Services” and “Library Facilities” showed marked improvement
in student satisfaction between surveys conducted in 2000 and 2006. It is
likely that access to a broad range of electronic resources on a 24/7 basis from
anywhere via PC, and “Cybrary” facilities are major factors affecting the rise
in student satisfaction with the UB Libraries and our resources.
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LEARNING SPACES
UB Libraries Annex:
A Dream Realized to Protect Our Cultural Heritage
and Foster Digital Document Techniques
The UB Libraries Annex, an off-site storage building, opened in Summer 2006. The first
books and archival boxes transferred to the Annex arrived in August. The made-to-order,
compact storage facility realizes a 20-year dream of the UB Libraries. Following the general
guidelines that Harvard University and many
other research libraries have used to build
such facilities, the Annex is designed to hold
up to 1.5 million low-use volumes utilizing
high-density shelving. The Annex is located
adjacent to the UB North Campus on Rensch
Road.
Generally, items are requested via BISON,
the Libraries catalog, and are delivered either
electronically to a requestor’s workstation,
or within one business day to a selected
library unit or department office on one of
the three UB campuses. The Annex also
includes a reading room for on-site use of
library materials. This space accommodates
users who need to access runs of journals or
multiple books.
A Grand Opening celebration was held on
November 16, 2006. Stephen Roberts, Acting
Associate Vice President for University
Libraries, welcomed nearly 200 guests. Also
addressing the group was Samuel Savarino,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Savarino Companies; and Voldemar Innus,
former Vice President
and CIO of UB, and
now Vice President and
CIO of Buffalo State
College. Several vendor
representatives and UB
administrators joined
the Libraries’ staff at
the party. Attendees UB Libraries
toured the facility, Annex
watched the Raymond
Order Picker in action
in the 30-foot stacks,
and observed the elec-
tronic document deliv-
ery process via new equipment/software from the Digital Library Systems Group.
It is expected that SUNY institutions in the region may also deposit selected materials in
the Annex. The first book placed in the Annex, on August 10, 2006, is the Annual Survey of
American Law, 1942 (NY: New York University School of Law).
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Special Collections Redesign
An extensive redesign of the Special Collections area is one of the first projects in a major
reorganization of the Libraries space that will eventually reach all nine Libraries’ units.
Among the world-renowned and internationally significant special collections held by the
University Libraries are:
• The most extensive collection of James Joyce manuscripts held by a
library or museum.
• Darwin Martin House papers, plans, and artifacts, including the
correspondence between Frank Lloyd Wright and Darwin D. Martin
surrounding the construction of this landmark complex of Prairie
Style architecture, located in Buffalo.
• The Poetry Collection of manuscripts, little magazines, and col-
lections documenting contemporary poetry, poets, and cultural
communities.
Redesign of Special Collections space along with the infusing of
digital and emerging technologies will create a dynamic and innovative
environment for intense literary scholarship. We envision a Center
for Visual and Literary Arts through Digital Technology that will
engender creative scholarship by providing scholars and students with expanded access to
rare, unique special collections. Newly created digital derivative knowledge objects, based on
these unique and fragile collections, will foster scholarship in new directions and stimulate
literary investigation never before possible.
Plans for the redesign of Special Collections space address:
• Creation of a technology-equipped, 25-30 seat seminar classroom where teaching and learning
are both enhanced by direct contact with rare and unique materials, and are also intensified
by digital reformatting and presentation.
• Flexible, technology-equipped reading room and public programming area.
• Attractive, inviting exhibit space with secure, multi-use exhibit display systems.
• A digital production work area for creation of digital objects, education tools, and knowl-
edge products.
The Special Collections redesign will foster literary investigation on the world-wide stage
by the preservation of cultural legacies and the expansion of access to heritage collections
through digital technology.
Multimedia Center Created
The Libraries have established a
Multimedia Center, located on the second
floor of the Capen Libraries. The Center
brings together all forms of media with
the technologies and equipment needed to
effectively utilize these resources.
Collections relocated to the Center include
microforms, technical reports on fiche,
VHS and DVD videos, CDROMS, data
files, and more. Plans call for geographic
information system (GIS) and other map-related resources to migrate to the Center as
redesign of the Libraries proceeds. New furniture and a service desk join TV viewers,
viewing/scanning stations for microforms, and computer workstations to create an inviting
and open one-stop resource area. Staff of the Center report that usage is steadily growing
since opening in Summer 2005. An increase in video use is especially evident. Students and
faculty like to use the microform workstations that facilitate viewing, scanning, and sending
newspaper articles and other materials directly to their personal e-mail accounts.
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DIGITAL UNIVERSE
James Joyce Collection
Preservation Project Underway
An extensive fund-raising and preservation project has commenced to
conserve, protect, and increase scholarly access to the extensive manu- James Joyce
script and archival materials in the University Libraries world-renowned in his
graduation
James Joyce Collection, the jewel of our Special Collections. robe,
Resulting from gifts from Margaretta Wickser, in memory of Philip J. 1902
Wickser, in 1949 and Constance and Walter Stafford in 1959, the James
Joyce Collection spans the writer’s entire literary career and features genesis
materials related to the creation of the major novels, Ulysses and Finnegans
Wake, including notebooks, manuscripts, printer proofs, galleys, first editions
and more. Joyce family portraits, photographs, and personal items also
enhance the Collection.
Joyce was impoverished during the composition of his novels and, therefore, used inexpen-
sive paper, notebooks, and pens. The precious manuscripts cannot presently be exhibited
because light and exposure to various environments increase the rate of their decline. Given
the vast size of the Collection (10,000+ pages of manuscripts alone), the costs associated with
this project have been estimated at $1.5 – 3 million.
A challenge grant of $25,000 from the Constance W. Stafford Charitable Trust James Joyce in his
is enabling the Libraries to begin this project with full bibliographic recording of graduation robe,
T r i n i t y
each item in the Collection, and digitization of the manuscripts. Some gener-
ous donors are responding to this challenge and are becoming patrons of the
project. While Joyce estate restrictions limit use of the digital reproductions
of the manuscripts to onsite examination in the Special Collections Research William
Butler
Room, we look forward to 2012 when copyright restrictions on the Joyce
Yeats’
holdings will cease. Through digital and other technologies, we hope to order for
permanently conserve these cultural treasures and make the James Joyce man- first
uscripts accessible worldwide to scholars and those interested in literary history and the edition of
creative process. In 2009, an international scholarly conference on James Joyce will be held in Ulysses
Buffalo and at UB. It is expected that following this conference, a major traveling exhibit will
feature digital reproductions and other items from our James Joyce Collection.
UBdigit
Award Winning Digital Platform and Image Collection
UBdigit, the University’s interdisciplinary, multimedia digital platform, debuted in 2005 to
provide centralized access to UB’s diverse inventory of legacy and teaching image collections.
The various digital collections are created to support teaching and instruction, archival
preservation, augmented access to and research investigation
of fragile, unique or valuable materials.
The range of collections in UBdigit demonstrates its
multifaceted content: musicians in Buffalo, pulp fiction
cover art, opera and ballet photographs, historical medical
instruments, Native American artifacts, universal design
products, “mail art,” digital dissections, and more.
On May 9, 2006, the UB Libraries were awarded the
Nylink Achievement Award for UBdigit. Presented at Nylink’s
annual meeting, the award cites the development of the platform for presenting original digital
collections, its adherence to the highest industry standards for metadata, and its effectiveness
as a model that can scale in many library contexts.
Take a delightful virtual tour through UBdigit at: http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu
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Libraries Skills Workbook Migrates to UBLearns
The Library Skills Workbook, formerly mounted on the Libraries’ Web site, has
migrated to the UBLearns platform with other course related resources and syllabi.
The Workbook is an online tutorial designed to introduce students to basic research
skills and resources available via the UB Libraries and on the Web. A major
information literacy initiative, the Workbook also develops skills in assessment of
information resources, particularly web resources.
This new version has numerous advantages for students, including ease of navi-
gation, the ability to complete sections at different times, and instant pass/fail
reports. Successful completion of the Workbook is a requirement for graduation at
UB. The UBLearns platform has also facilitated our development of tailored
Workbooks for specific disciplines or programs, such as the Educational
Opportunity Center’s freshmen programs. The development of a version for
Engineering students is underway.
Librarians Establish and Edit New Electronic Journal
Stewart Brower, Coordinator of Information Management Education Services,
Health Sciences Library, and Christopher Hollister, Information Literacy Librarian,
Arts & Sciences Libraries, have initiated a new electronic journal titled, Communications in
Information Literacy (CIL). The journal is independent, professional, and peer reviewed. An
editorial board is in place. CIL is focused on advancing knowledge, theory, and research
related to information literacy.
Editors Brower and Hollister issued the initial “call for papers” in November 2006.
Communications in Information Literacy will be published twice annually, with Spring and
Fall issues.
CIL seeks manuscripts on topics of interest to professionals in higher education engaged in
advancing information literacy. Manuscripts may be theoretical, research-based, or practical
in nature. Some initial suggested topics include:
• Definitions and standards for IL
• Pedagogies and learning theories
• Assessment
• Developing an IL strategy at an institution • Designing an IL program
• Classroom instruction techniques • Lesson plan development
• Online instruction • Instructional competencies
CIL has been announced on many professional listservs and online newsletters, including
listservs of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Instruction Section and Science &
Technology Section, and the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. Thanks to blogs, an interna-
tional audience is growing, with blog postings appearing from France, Japan, and Slovenia!
The editors welcome queries from prospective authors and suggest contacting them prior
to submission of a manuscript. Contact the Editors-in-Chief at: editors@cominfolit.org
etc Awards Technology Grants to UB Faculty
In June 2006, the Educational Technology Center awarded its eighth round of grants to UB
faculty to “encourage research and development activities that use technology innovations to
enhance teaching and improve learning outcomes.”
The thirteen awarded projects emphasize the creation of innovative learning objects and
environments. They also align with UB 2020 Strategic Strength areas. The intriguing funded
projects include:
• An educational game for teaching clinical practice.
• 3-D visualization of drug-target interactions.
• New York State geologic mapping.
• Beta-testing of a large-scale video database of African-American oral histories.
• Enhancing skills in seismic design.
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REACHING OUT ...
New Libraries Catalog
In Summer 2006, the Libraries implemented a robust Web-based catalog system powered
by ExLibris ALEPH software. With this conversion, we are now full participants in the
SUNY Connect consortium which links all library holdings in 61 SUNY campus libraries, a
combined collection of approximately 20 million volumes and thousands of electronic
resources and digital images.
Empowerment is the hallmark of the
new BISON. Information access can be
personalized with such features as:
• A dynamic web interface.
• Sorting by criteria such as year, author,
library location, call number.
• Saving and combining searches, as is the
norm with major databases.
• Sending your results to your e-mail or a citation manager.
• Viewing your checked out items, due dates, and easy online renewal via “My Library Card.”
SUNY Connect has also enhanced inter-institutional loans and electronic document delivery
services to facilitate fast access to items in SUNY library collections for everyone in the SUNY
community. Internet document delivery generally has a one day turnaround time, while
state-wide delivery of physical books is within three days.
Libraries Conduct Review of Journal Subscriptions
During 2006, the University Libraries’ Collections group conducted an extensive review of
all print and electronic journals that are not included in the large electronic journal packages
or databases to which we subscribe. Most large aggregate products, such as ScienceDirect, do
not allow for individual title cancellations. The Libraries review these packages on a regular
basis. Such reviews are necessary in an environment characterized by new pricing models,
emerging delivery systems, skyrocketing journal prices, and fluctuating funding for materials.
The most critical element of the review was an online survey distributed to faculty. The
number of faculty responding was larger than expected, and the information they provided
regarding the importance of the hundreds of journals on a target list proved to be useful and
detailed. Lists of journals were provided on the web in alphabetical order and also organized
by discipline/department. Other factors considered included the price history of a journal,
use of the journal, citation of the journal in publications, the quality and availability of indexing
of the journal’s content, and availability of the journal via interlibrary loan.
The journal review concluded in the early Fall of 2006, resulting in the cancellation of
352 journals for the 2006-07 fiscal year. Concurrently, many journal titles new to the
University Libraries and of interest to faculty can be prioritized and considered for subscrip-
tion purchase.
The study also noted that while science and medical journals are generally considered to
have the highest average prices and incur the highest rates of annual price increases, the costs
of journals in other fields, such as education and political science, have increased around 50%
between 1998 and 2003.
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... & Personalizing
INFORMATION FOR YOU!
BLOGS Aplenty
Librarians have created many blogs and wikis designed as outreach modes to
promote library resources and services, and to provide discussion platforms for
topics of current interest in subject/discipline areas. Starting in 2005 and still going
strong, our librarians frequently invade the “blogosphere” with library updates,
database links, service and collection enhancements, topical discussions, and more
in many academic disciplines. Check them out on our UB Libraries News blog at:
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/blog/index.php. They are accessible to everyone.
• Business
• Dentistry
• Drug Information
• Law
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• UB Libraries News
The librarians agree that certain factors impact
the level of traffic and use of their blogs/wikis:
• Adding the blog title/web address to the blog
creator’s e-mail signature.
• Regularly adding new content.
• Visibility of the librarian in the academic department.
• Inclusion of RSS feeds, a feature providing automatic updates and news
from a respected disciplinary source.
• Recruiting committed colleagues to help build and continuously
populate the blog or wiki.
Librarians Venture Out . . .
As part of a Libraries outreach initiative, many subject specialist
librarians now offer regularly-scheduled onsite consultation
hours in academic departments and student service centers. In
addition to providing a welcome personal touch, these “embedded”
librarians offer one-on-one research assistance and personalized
tutorials on the use of specific databases or software. They are
also available to discuss library acquisition of specific discipline-
related materials.
Faculty and librarians find that the connection achieved via
this outreach effort is invaluable. Faculty appreciate the convenience of having a subject
specialist librarian available for drop-in consultations, and librarians gain a greater awareness
of faculty research interests and departmental curricular trends.
Margie Wells, Director of Public Services for the University Libraries, views outreach to
academic departments as an important responsibility of today's librarians. She comments that
“offering access, instruction and consultation where people ‘live’ is essential to the growing role
of the librarian in educating people about the constantly changing universe of information
available to them.” Customization and personalization are the keys, and the librarians in the
departments are integral in this process.
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NOTABLE EXHIBITS
Living after
Exhibits Expanding Our Horizons the
Earthquake,
San Francisco
Rare Books: An Exhibition 1906
In Fall 2005, the Libraries celebrated seventy years of “imaginative collecting” with a mag-
nificent rare books exhibition held in the Special Collections Research Room.
The exhibit marked the first time many of the Libraries’ greatest treasures
were presented for public viewing. Featured were priceless and rare books
from donors/collectors Thomas B. Lockwood, Julian Park, Peter Boyd
Bowman, George Nathan Newman, Richard and Susan Lee, Robert Hoe, and
others. Among the items displayed were Shakespeare First Folios, the
Kelmscott The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (one of thirteen copies printed on
vellum), a 1502 book of poetry of Publius Papinius Statius (Aldine edition),
and the first edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection.
The Wall: Monument, Myth, and Metaphor
The University joined the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the UB Art
Galleries in hosting the largest exhibit of contemporary art from China to be
displayed anywhere outside of China. The Libraries associated exhibit focused on “The Great
Wall” as an international icon and evolving symbol of power, exclusion, protection, ambition,
isolation, and national identity.
San Francisco Earthquake Centennial
UB’s Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering
Research commemorated the centennial of the devastating April
18, 1906 earthquake with a major exhibit, “A City in Ruins: The
San Francisco Earthquake and Fires of 1906”. The exhibit was
mounted in the Undergraduate/Science & Engineering Libraries,
and featured eyewitness accounts, dramatic images of devastation
and human suffering, Chinatown and its isolation at the time,
community response then, and subsequent urban planning.
Dalai Lama
The University Libraries celebrated the visit of the Fourteenth
Dalai Lama to the University at Buffalo with exhibits in all
Libraries’ units during September 2006. The Law Library hosted
the Dalai Lama for a conference on International Law during the
last day of his visit. Exhibits highlighted historic Tibetan maps,
rare Tibetan legal documents, the Dalai Lama’s writings and life,
Tibetan medicine and music.
Last Century’s CSI:
Solving Whodunits without DNA photo by UB Law School
TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order,
and their spin-offs have popularized the science behind crime detection, especially DNA testing. The Dalai Lama in
An exhibit at the Health Sciences Library explored some of the last century’s methods of the Law Library
forensic science, including fingerprinting, serology, spectral imaging, anthropometrics, and
even dollhouse renditions of crime scenes.
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PROGRAMS
Book Lust in Buffalo
Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust and More Book
Lust, and now a library icon as a result of the
“Librarian Action Figure” in her likeness, came to
Buffalo on March 9, 2005. Hosted by the University
Libraries, the UB School of Informatics, the Buffalo
& Erie County Public Library, and WBFO,
Ms. Pearl presented “The Perils/Pearls of
Reading” to an audience of several hundred
delighted people, and then also gave a
“Workshop on Readers Advisory Services”
to a small group of librarians and book
lovers from the community.
Ms. Pearl originated the concept of
community reading programs, inventing
the “If All Seattle Read the Same Book.”
This concept has been adopted by many Michael Mahaney
communities, including Buffalo, where and Nancy Pearl at
the Buffalo and Erie
The Buffalo News has organized a popular program in which participants read a designated County Public Library
book each month. Ms. Pearl is also a commentator on National Public Radio, and her best
selling books advise readers about books on all sorts of subjects. She kept her audiences fully
engaged and smiling as she amusingly chronicled her reading explorations. Her reaction to
the action figure she inspired: “it is a compliment to librarians, in bringing out the special
role we have in society. . . .It’s also a little weird since it’s nonbiodegradable and will be
around long after we’re all dead and gone.”
Librarian from Mozambique Visits
Health Sciences Library
Health care in Mozambique was the focus of a presentation
given by librarian Christina Horta on February 28, 2006 at
the UB Health Sciences Library. A native of Mozambique,
Ms. Horta received her M.L.S. degree from the University at
Buffalo in 1991, and she currently serves as a documentalist
for the Mozambique Ministry of Health’s Directorate for
Planning and Cooperation. Her role as a documentalist is to
collect all of the documents used in public health adminis-
tration, planning and health programs. In her talk, Ms.
Horta outlined the efforts of the Mozambique government
in its quest for better health care for all of its citizens. Amy Lyons, Rita
Described by colleagues as “an excellent ambassador” and an “inspirational and delightful Ferri, Christina Horta
friend,” Christina Horta served as a 2005-2006 International Fellow with the National Library (l. to r.)
of Medicine Associates program. Preceding her talk, Ms. Horta provided an insightful
glimpse into the NLM Associate Fellowship program which is designed to prepare librarians
for leadership roles in health sciences libraries and in health services research. UB Health
Sciences Library Director, Gary Byrd, participated in the NLM program in 1972-73, and several
Health Sciences Library reference students, accepted into this prestigious program over the
years, have gone on to assume exciting leadership roles.
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Featured
LEGACY COLLECTIONS
Mail Art: A Grand Collage
The University Libraries Poetry Collection has a long-established commitment
to collecting and preserving cultural ephemera in a variety of artistic formats. This
includes its extensive archive of Mail Art, a unique contemporary art form which
utilizes the U.S. Postal Service as its communication medium, and showcases
a variety of techniques and conventions in its creation, including rubber stamps,
collage, “artistamps,” handmade papers and copy art. Mail Art circumvents the
established critique, gallery, exhibition and sales conventions of the art world, drawing on
the talents of individual artists, musicians and poets who freely create, distribute, and share
their creative works through the mail and via counterculture fanzines.
The origins of Mail Art can be traced to the anti-art revolution sparked by the Dadaists
and Marcel Duchamp’s transmission of his ideas by postcard. Mail art mushroomed into
a worldwide network in the 1950s, led by Ray Johnson, founder of the New York
Correspondance School. Individual mail artists who have donated their personal collections
to our Poetry Collection in recent years include The Sticker Dude (Joel Cohen), The Spitter
(John M. Bennett, Curator of the Avant Writing Collection of The Ohio State University), a
mail artist known simply as Baron, and Luc Fierens. The Poetry Collection holds a wealth
of associative material and mail art pieces, among them original Ray Johnson collages and
publications.
In collaboration with the UB Educational Technology Center, the Poetry Collection has
digitized more than 150 pieces of mail art which highlight the major trends and aims of its
artists. These images are available via UBdigit at: http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu
Historical Medical Instruments
The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection forms a fascinating part
of the Health Sciences Library’s Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection. Featuring
more than 150 medical and dental instruments, the collection, was established in 1985 by
Annette Cravens in memory of her father, Dr. Edgar Robinson McGuire. A graduate of the
University of Buffalo Medical School, Dr. McGuire served as chairman of the Department of
Surgery at the University of Buffalo from 1914 until 1931.
Instruments included in the McGuire Collection date from the Roman
period through the early 20th century, vividly illustrating the history
and evolution of the health sciences. Included are microscopes,
surgical and forensic instruments, detailed anatomical models, and
dental instruments. One of the collection’s more unusual items is
Marshall’s Improved Compound Magneto-Electric Machine, a
fierce-looking 19th century contraption which was claimed to treat
multiple ailments including headache, rheumatism, paralysis and
neuralgia.
Other intriguing items housed in the collection include a leech
jar and bleeding cups, an 1850 trephine used to drill holes in the skull
for brain surgery, and a thumb-operated dental drill from 1873. A case
of lithotomy and lithotrity instruments, used during operations to
remove stones from the bladder and manufactured in Paris in approximately
1840, is also included in the collection.
Detailed images of selected McGuire Collection instruments are available via UBdigit
at http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu
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Perry Ballet Photographs
The University at Buffalo Music Library is home to
many outstanding special collections and archives which
feature music-related artifacts, manuscripts, and
ephemeral materials. One of the most visually striking
examples of these collections is the J. Warren Perry
Collection of Ballet Photographs. This unique visual
gallery consists of 300 black and white photographs
featuring many of the most significant ballet dancers and
famous choreographers of the mid-twentieth century,
especially the 1950s.
Dr. J. Warren Perry, Dean Emeritus of the School of
Health Related Professions, was the founder of
the University at Buffalo School of Health
Related Professions (now the School of Public
Health and Health Professions), and served as
dean of the school from its founding in 1967 until 1977. A lifelong supporter of the
arts, Dr. Perry is the recipient of numerous awards honoring his contributions to
the local arts community and recognizing his many philanthropic endeavors.
The striking photographs in this collection reflect Dr. Perry’s passion for the arts.
Here one may find photographs of such figures as Dame Margot Fonteyn,
renowned Cuban ballet dancer Alicia Alonso, British choreographer Sir Frederick
Ashton, and co-founder of the New York City Ballet George Balanchine, along with
numerous other illustrious figures from the ballet world of the 20th century.
Many of these photographs bear inscriptions from the ballet dancers to Dr.
Perry, and the collection serves as a vibrant complement to the 2,000 plus photographs
of opera singers, conductors, instrumentalists and music halls featured in the Perry
Collection of Photographs, ca. 1910-1971. Images and descriptive text for both collections
may be accessed via UBdigit at: http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu
Collection Reflects 20th Century Women’s History
The University Archives’ Muriel Orr-Ewing Collection documents the activities, talents
and accomplishments of a remarkable 20th century woman. This fascinating collection, a
treasure trove of personal correspondence, diaries, photographs and papers, was donated to
the Archives in 1999 by Muriel Orr-Ewing’s son, Peter Boyd Bowman, UB Professor Emeritus,
Romance Languages and Literatures.
Affectionately known as “Meiko,” Muriel Orr-Ewing was a founding delegate of the British
Association of Women Entrepreneurs. She also served as headmistress of The Grove, a British
school for girls, and was widely recognized for her knowledge of Japanese culture. She was
actively involved in social, literary and educational circles, traveled widely, and maintained an
active correspondence with family and friends. Noted individuals who corresponded regularly
with Orr-Ewing include British World War II poet Edmund Blunden, opera singer Adèle
Leigh, and architect Noémi P. Raymond.
At her son’s invitation, Muriel Orr-Ewing moved to Buffalo in 1974, where she became a
member of the University Women’s Club, and presented opera and art history classes. She
remained a Buffalo resident until her death in 1994.
The Muriel Orr-Ewing Papers are a welcome addition to the University Archives, which
actively collects the papers of notable women and women’s organizations with ties to the
University at Buffalo and women’s history. Selected items from the Orr-Ewing Collection
were the focus of “Thoroughly Modern Meiko: The Adventures of Muriel Orr-Ewing,” a
recent exhibit curated by Processing Archivist Jessica Tanny of the University Archives.
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Notable Gifts &
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Excellence and Legacies Realized through Our Donors
The Richard V. and Susan B. Lee Collection
Professor Richard V. Lee, M.D. and his wife, Susan B. Lee, initiated a series of
gifts to Special Collections and the History of Medicine Collection in 2005. Their
first gift consists of nineteen first editions of works by Charles Dickens, including
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son in the rare original serial publication
(1846-1848). There are also first editions of Sir Richard Burton’s The Lake Regions
of Central Africa (1860) and Sir John Barrow’s Travels in China (1804). A
gorgeous print from Travels in China is featured on the University Libraries 2006
holiday card.
The Lees undertake frequent medical missions to Asia and Africa.
He recently loaned numerous historical rare maps and other items
related to Tibet for the Special Collections exhibit honoring the visit
of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to the University at
Buffalo, in September 2006. A few years ago, Dr. and Mrs. Lee donated
a magnificent large silk Buddhist thangka to the University Libraries.
It permanently graces the entrance to Special Collections.
Music Library Friend
Joseph Chouinard has made a significant gift to the Music Library
which is being used to renovate the Seminar Room in the Library. New carpeting, ergonomic
seating, and a large seminar-style table are now in place, creating a graceful and comfortable
venue for graduate seminars and library instruction programs. This seminar room becomes a
forerunner of the Libraries’ plans for extensive redesign and repurposing of our space.
Humanities Institute Library Fellowships Established
In 2006, the University Libraries and the UB Humanities Institute introduced three
research fellowships that encourage visiting scholars to use the remarkable and unique assets
of our Special Collections. The funding awards allow the scholars to travel here and conduct
research while in residence at the University at Buffalo.
The James Joyce Fellowship supports research and study related to our extensive, world-
renowned James Joyce Collection of manuscripts, notebooks, first editions, personal and family
items, etc.
The other two awards, the David Gray Fellowship and the Charles D. Abbott Library
Research Fellowship are broad-based, facilitating research that encompasses any aspect of our
Special Collections.
The inaugural Fellows and their research interests are as follows:
Charles D. Abbott Library Research Fellow:
Susanne E. Hall, University of California, Irvine
1960s U.S. political poetry.
David Gray Fellow:
Stephen Fredman, University of Notre Dame
Robert Duncan’s poetry.
James Joyce Fellow:
Geert Lernout, University of Antwerp
Finnegans Wake notebooks.
All Fellows presented public lectures held in the Special Collections Research Room during
the Fall semester 2006.
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It Goes Both Ways…
A Generous Spirit
University Libraries staff, individually and as a group, con-
stantly demonstrate inspiring generosity and concern for our
community. Here are three notable examples of our giving
back to Buffalo and to a library devastated in Hurricane
Katrina.
The Libraries, together with Information Technology staff at
UB, received the Dean’s Trophy for the highest level of partici-
pation in the 2006 State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA).
Perhaps more familiar to many in other areas of the country as
“United Way,” this annual campaign provides funding for
hundreds of local/regional non-profit organizations that help
our citizens. The University at Buffalo is always among the leaders
in SEFA contributions in our community, as well as nationally
among public and private institutions of higher learning that
participate in similar campaigns.
Elias Eldayrie and
Steve Roberts
During the holidays, Central accept the Dean's
Technical Services staff coordinated a Trophy.
drive throughout the Libraries to
spread some holiday cheer to three less
fortunate families in our community.
Organized with St. Luke’s Mission of
Mercy and Cornerstone Manor, the
Libraries adopted three
local families, and specific
types of gifts were outlined
for each family. Staff con-
tributed clothing, toys, per-
sonal care items, movie
passes, gift cards to major
stores, and more. In fact, the generosity of the staff was so overwhelming, that an
additional family received some cheer! The photo here
shows only about half of the donations.
Our Music Library found a new home for a quantity
of duplicate scores and other special materials. Most of
the 111 items are from historical series such as Das
Musickwerk and Archivum Musicum. Library staff
contacted Tulane University Library a few months after
Katrina. Music faculty there responded enthusiastically
to our offer of these materials. In December, the scores
and other items were packaged in seven boxes and
shipped off to Tulane, where they will now be part of the
musical heritage of New Orleans!
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GRANTS
Grants Awarded 2004-2006
Grants totaling $1,346,468 were awarded to the University Libraries during this period.
2004 National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education. Case Study
Teaching in Science: A Nationwide Program of Faculty Development and Dissemination. To
develop and offer workshops on the case study teaching method and to further develop the
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Web site. $1,199,998. Jointly with the
Biological Sciences Department.
See: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
New York State Education Department. Coordinated New York State Preservation Grant.
Conservation and Preservation of Library Materials. $126,000.
New York Academy of Medicine. Mobile Computing in Health Care. Use of PDAs in medical
education, development of information content pushed to the PDAs, and workshops for
students related to PDA content and use. $3,200.
American Library Association; National Library of Medicine. Frankenstein: Penetrating the
Secrets of Nature. Traveling exhibit and public programming. $1,000. Jointly with the
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
2004/2005 New York State Education Department. Coordinated New York State
Preservation Grant. Brittle East Asian Serials Microfiliming Project.
Project participant, materials selection and inclusion. No direct
funding to University at Buffalo.
2005 New York State Education Department. Coordinated New
York State Preservation Grant. Conservation and Preservation of
Library Materials. $126,000.
New York State Education Department. Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary
Resources Sharing Program. Improving Regional Access to Archival Resources: Implementation
of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the State
University of New York at Buffalo. $5,000. Jointly with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
American Library Association; Huntington Library. Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey
to Emancipation. Traveling exhibit and public programming. $1,000.
2006 New York State Education Department. Coordinated New York State Preservation
Grant. Conservation and Preservation of Library Materials. $126,000.
New York State Education Department. Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary
Resources Sharing Program. Improving Regional Access to Archival Resources: Retrospective
Conversion Project for Finding Aids at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the State University of
New York at Buffalo. $10,270. Jointly with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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DONOR HONOR ROLL
The University at Buffalo Libraries are extremely fortunate to have over 2500 individual, corporate, and foundation donors who have contributed
financial support and gifts-in-kind during the period July 2005 through December 2006. We express our deep gratitude to all of our donors—our
partners in the UB Libraries’ progress and excellence. Listed here are donors who have supported us at the $50+ level.
$1000+ Mrs. Joy F. Herrick
Mr. Sherlock A. Herrick Jr.
Mr. Michael Bates
Dr. Timothy J. Bates
Mr. Frederick G. Fedri
Dr. Michael Feinstein
Ms. Judith Ann Adams-Volpe HSBC Philanthropic Programs Dr. Vernice E. Bates Dr. Robert Z. Fialkow
Mr. Mark A. Borenstein Mr. Gary Holgate Mr. John Benesch Jr. Mrs. Elaine J. Fino
Mr. Joseph Chouinard Mrs. Nancy Holgate Mr. Per Bentsen Dr. Albert Bruno Fiorello
Consortium Information Services Dr. Chung-Tsen Hsuch Mrs. Ruth M. Bentsen Mr. Robert W. Fischman
Dr. Jorge M. Guitart Mrs. Shew C. Huang Ms. Lorrane Berinato Mrs. Ruth-Ann Fisher Mendel
Dr. Brian R. Henderson Dr. Michael S. Hudecki Mr. Alan Bey Dr. Ben Fisher
Dr. Patrick J. Hughes Johnson & Johnson Mr. Peter J. Bingheimer Mrs. Judith A. Fleissner
Dr. George L. Kelley Mrs. Victoria Jordan Mr. Martin Blake Jr. Mr. A. Randy Floss
Dr. Joseph E. Kist Dr. Z. Micah Kaplan Mr. Cliff Blasberg Mr. Cornelius J. Foley
Mr. George L. Kustas Mrs. Colleen Ladelia Mr. Frederick Steven Blasz Mrs. Florence Fradin
Dr. Richard V. Lee Dr. Janet M. Leung Mrs. Diane D. Bleich Dr. Deborah A. Gagnon
Ms. Susan B. Lee Mr. Frank M. Lisick Jr. Mr. Dante Bonaquist Ms. Caroline Gallego
Mr. Robert Lipp Mr. Yuk Ying Mak Ms. Nancy J. Boncore Gannett Foundation
Dr. John L. Margolis Mr. Leonard Marsh Dr. Joseph Boscarino Mr. Paul E. Gatza
Mr. Robert North Jr. Moog, Inc. Mr. Dennis Brady GE Foundation
Dr. George Rudinger Mr. Harusuke Naito Mrs. Deborah Breverman Ms. Pamela C. Gearhart
Constance W. Stafford Charitable National Endowment for the Professor Harvey J. Breverman Mr. Sitansu Ghosh
Trust Humanities Mrs. Arleen H. Brilliant Dr. Daniel T. Gianturco
Mr. Joseph Michael Tocke Ms. Eileen M. Nopper Mr. Howard Michael Brilliant Mrs. Kathleen Gilday
Ms. Barbara von Wahlde Mr. Robert C. Novak Mrs. Sheryl A. Broelmann Dr. Mark N. Glauser
Mrs. Margit C. Weinmann Dr. Thomas P. O'Connor Ms. Joann Brown GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Western New York Library Mr. Michael G. Parker Mr. Michael W. Cahill Mrs. Laura Gonzalez
Resources Council Mr. James S. Patrick Mr. John Carlisle Mr. Thomas Gorman
Dr. David Willbern Mr. Robert C. Patterson Mrs. Toni Carlisle Mr. Stephen Goss
Mr. Chia-Ping Yu Mr. Joseph Pena Colonel Michael J. Carroll Dr. John E. Graf
Mr. Gerald P. Radzimski Dr. John G. Case Jr. Mrs. Marcie B. Gray
Mr. Peter Rowan Mrs. Kwai Ying Chan Mrs. Diane Griffith
$500 - $999 Ms. Karen Russell Dr. Wei Chang Mr. Thomas Grimsley
Ms. Andina E. Barone Mr. Michael D. Scanlon Mr. Fuk Y. Cheng Mr. John Guadagnino
Dr. Leonard F. Berliner Ms. Karen Sieracki Mr. Oh-Kon Cho Mrs. Barbara A. Hart
Mrs. Nancy Burgess Dr. Robert R. Smith Mrs. Laura Cicchino Mr. David S. Hart
Dr. Prem K. Chopra Mrs. Madeline Stern Mrs. Anne M. Ciolek Mrs. Susan C. Hennip
Mr. John P. Cuches Jr. Prof. Emeritus Robert H. Stern Mr. Donald H. Cloudsley Ms. Christine G. Henry
Miss Theresa M. Daniele Mrs. Kathleen E. Stuber Mrs. Nancy Collins Mrs. Laura K. Higgins
Mrs. Adele K. DeTitta Mr. Peter Ting Cooper Industries Foundation Mrs. Kathleen Hofer
Dr. George T. DeTitta Mrs. Lourdes Tisbe Mrs. Mary Corbett Ms. Judith Hopkins
Mr. John A. Edens Mr. Philip A. Treventi Mr. Steven Corbett Mrs. Elizabeth J. Hotaling
Dr. Anna Kay France Dr. Francisco M. Vasquez Ms. Maria Corona Ms. Jeania Huckstep
Dr. James B. McDaniel Jr. Mrs. Janet R. Vasquez Mr. Patrick Cousins Ms. Camille L. Huggins
Ms. Hang T. Pham Verizon Foundation Mr. Philip G. Craig Mr. Edward T. Hughes
Ms. Jane Sprague Dr. Ruth M. Walsh Dr. Melvin D. Crouse Mr. Joseph Hughes
Mrs. Sonia Suzumoto Mr. Robert Wasnock Mr. Henry Crowley Mrs. Judy A. Hughes
Miss Marijo Wilson Ms. Sue Weidemann Brill Mrs. Susan Cumm Mrs. Mary C. Hughes
Dr. Claude E. Welch Jr. Mrs. Iola Damante IBM International Foundation
Mr. Maynard C. Wiff Mr. Michael Damante Mr. John Vincent Igoe
$250 - $499 Mrs. Sue Ann Wiff Mrs. Pamela Darosa Ms. Karen M. Ingeman
Miss Marijo S. Wilson Dr. Robert J. Dean Mrs. Marilyn Irwin
Mrs. Mary Arter
Ms. Susan Witmer Mr. Rex Decker Mrs. Marves Isaksen
Mr. Thomas Arter
Mr. Francis J. Wozniak Mrs. Grace M. Decolongon Mr. Sudhakaran Janardhanan
AT&T Foundation
Mr. Bob Yost Ms. Irma Deguzman Mr. Kenneth M. Jarosz
Mr. Ronald J. Blaszak
Mrs. Brenda S. Yost Mr. Alfredo Delapena Mrs. Marcia Jarvis
Dr. George S. Bobinski
Mrs. Edna Delapena Mr. Peter J. Kadzik
Mrs. Mary F. Bobinski
Ms. Dorothy F. Bronk $100 - $249 Mrs. Georgiann D. Delmont
Mr. Eugene D. Demler
Mr. Kevin Kaiser
Ms. Pam Kaminska
Mr. Thaddeus F. Bryzinski
Mr. Salifu Abubakar Mrs. Lois H. Demler Mr. Robert Kaminski
Mr. Robert F. Burkard
Mrs. Katharine L. Adamo Mr. Albert Destefano Mr. Gary L. Karl
Dr. Chun-Shi Chang
Mr. Paul F. Adamo Dr. Sandra M. Donaldson Ms. Linda Karlson-Selsky
Computer Associates International
Mr. Joseph Alessio Mrs. Marie A. Dunleavy Mrs. Irene Kenison
Dr. Paul R. Creighton
Mrs. Karen Alessio Mrs. Ruth Dyer Ms. Ann Kent
Mr. Kevin Cumm
Mrs. Gangadai Ali Mr. Francis T. Edgerton Mr. James M. Kerelchuk
Dr. Carl E. Dennis
Mrs. Irmgrad Apfel Mr. Roger F. Ehlert Mrs. Kathleen M. Kerner
Dr. Albert Diaz-Ordaz
Mr. Martin B. Ashare Mr. Michael Elliott Mr. Evans Kerrigan
Mr. Frederic H. Dickson
Ms. Arlene S. Balkansky Mrs. Lena Elzufon Mrs. Joan Kerrigan
Mr. Burt W. Erickson Nelson
Ms. Barbara Barbera Exelon Corporation Mr. Young Len Kim
Dr. Edward J. Fine
Mr. Charles K. Barr Mr. Bruce I. Fage Ms. Patricia J. King
Dr. Stefan Fleischer
Mrs. Sherrilyn R. Bartz Mrs. Bruce I. Fage Ms. Lauren Kirby
Mrs. Margaret C. Giles
Mrs. Ema T. Bates Mrs. Donna Fabry Mr. Joel P. Kleinman
Dr. Clyde F. Herreid II
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Mrs. Linda Klion Ms. Sherry Robbins Ms. Susan T. Witt Mr. William Bertrand
Mr. James R. Knight Mrs. Millie Robertson Mrs. Ka Man Wong Ms. Suzanne Bestreich
Ms. Cindy F. Konovitz Mr. Pat Robertson Mrs. Pui Wong Mr. Paul Betjeman
Mr. Eelfong Koo Dr. Robert D. Rondinelli Mrs. Jeanette Woznick Mrs. Maria Y. Bhatti
Mrs. Helen M. Koo Mr. Norman Zel Rothstein Mr. John Woznick Mr. William Bianchi
Mr. David B. Kosuda Miss Shirley J. Rummel Xerox Corporation U.S.A. Mrs. Deborah W. Bielecki
Mrs. Donna L. Kramer Mr. Mark A. Ruskin Dr. Gary M. Yarkony Mrs. Linda A. Birkinbine
Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer Mrs. Rosalyn Ruskin Mrs. Veronica C. Yuen Dr. Joel J. Blaustein
Mr. Paul J. Kwan Mrs. Sora R. Sachs Mrs. Elaine Bogumil
Mr. Po-Ping Kwan Mr. Koji Sakurai $50 - $99 Mrs. Pamela Bollar-Barrington
Mrs. Reanna Kwan Mr. Allan Schear Ms. Karen Borello
Mr. Gary P. LaBelle Mrs. Jacqueline M. Schear Mr. James G. Adams Mrs. Laurie Borowiak
Mrs. Susan Lafosse Ms. Karen Schmich Mrs. Joann Adams Mrs. Gail Bouch
Mr. Ronald Paul Lamb Dr. Richard N. Schmidt Mr. Loren J. Adams Mr. Paul M. Boymel
Mrs. Mary Langworthy Mrs. Alma C. Scully Ms. Carmen Aguirre Mr. Samuel Braithwaite
Mr. Roger C. Larson Dr. Muthusamy Sekar Mrs. Debra Ailinger Ms. Kathleen M. Brennan
Dr. James E. Lasry Ms. Linda B. Sevran Dr. Sharon A. Alger-Mayer Mr. Frank Brosch
Mrs. Yvonne Lee Mr. Stephen Sheather Altria Employee Involvement Ms. Kathryn N. Brown
Dr. Gina J. Lee-Glauser Mr. Neal Shein Programs Mrs. Michelle Brugger
Dr. Zheng Li Mr. Liduo Shen Mrs. Debra M. Anderson Mr. Gary Bueme
Dr. Jonq T. Liu Dr. Jocelyn A. Sheppard Mr. John Anderson Mrs. Christine Bullock
Mr. Albert Loscalzo Mrs. Deborah Sherman Mr. Ralph Anderson Dr. Carol Lynne Burek
Mr. Paul MacKay Ms. Ona Sherman Mrs. Regina Anderson Mr. Robert L. Burhans
Mr. Michael T. Mahon Dr. Peter A. Siedlecki Mrs. Claudia T. Andres Mr. James D. Burkett
Mr. Anthony M. Mancuso Mr. Jerold G. Silverman Dr. Jerome C. Andres Mrs. Mary Burnham
Mrs. Roni Marikovics Dr. Marc M. Silverman Mrs. Rose Marie Q. Ang Mrs. Sheila Burns
Mr. Anthony Marshall Mr. Bryan T. Smith Mrs. Cynthia O. Anthony Mrs. Karen Bush
Mrs. Nancy Marshall Mrs. Cheryl Smith Aon Foundation Mr. William Buss
Ms. Tamara A. Martin Ms. Eugenia H. Smith Mr. Isaak Aronin Mrs. Barbara A. Cady
Mr. William E. Massey Mr. James M. Smith Mr. Howard Aronson Mr. David R. Cady
Dr. Frances Joan Mathien Ms. Karen A. Smith Mrs. Maureen Ashare Mr. Angelo Campagna
Ms. Abbie Maurer Mr. Michael E. Smith Ashland Inc. Foundation Mrs. Janet E. Campagna
Mrs. Deborah J. McCalpin Mr. Hector Solis Dr. Kumar Ashutosh Ms. Diane Capicotto
Ms. Maureen P. McCarron Miss Gail Spielberger Mr. Carl Ashworth Mrs. Maryann Caracciolo
Dr. Richard S. McCutcheon Mr. Robert S. Stevenson Ms. Gayle A. Ashworth Mrs. Sandra Lee Cardwell
Miss Ellen T. McGrath Mrs. Susan Glaeser Stoney Mr. Roger Atencio Mrs. Mary M. Carlin
Mr. David Mckeon Mr. Kan L. Suen Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mrs. Susan Carlson
Mr. David C. McLaughlin Mr. John F. Sweeney AXA Foundation Mrs. Sharyn Carr
Mr. James F. Mendola Mrs. Susan Sweeney Dr. Mary L. Ayre-Boden Mrs. Patricia M. Carroll-Hardy
Dr. Arthur M. Mercado Mrs. Kathy Teeratananon Mrs. Carmen Azcuy Dr. Mary B. Cassata
Miss Carol A. Meriwether Mr. Joseph L. Temple III Mr. Carl Azzoto Mr. Fernando A. Castillo
Mr. Melvin P. Meyer Ms. Maggie Teng Mrs. Beatrice Bailey Ms. Isabella Catallo-Lemon
Dr. Mary Lou Meyers Dr. Donald B. Thomas Mr. Steven Baldwin Mr. David A. Cervi
Mrs. Victoria W. Milhim Mr. Micheal Thompson Mrs. Mary Balsavage Mrs. Deborah J. Chadsey
Mr. Gregory Minnick Time Warner, Inc. Ms. Carol Bartucca Mr. Roy Chamberlain
Mrs. Eileen Mintier Mrs. Nancy Ting Mr. Carl H. Bauer Mrs. Diane Chan
Mr. Gary A. Mittlefehldt Mr. George Trageser Mrs. Karen Baxter Mr. Kei Chan
J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation Mrs. Gloria Jean Trageser Mr. Jonathan M. Beck Mrs. Helen H. Chang
Mr. John Morley Mr. James C. Trondsen Mrs. Lorene Beckmann Dr. Jun H. Chang
Ms. Christina Morris Mr. Philip Turkovitz Mrs. Elizabeth F. Begley Mr. Cheng-Yi Chi
Mr. Mark E. Morris UBS Matching Gift Program Ms. Maryann Behrens Dr. Calvin C. Chien
Mr. James L. Mulvihill Mr. Paul Utzig Mrs. JoAnne Bell Mrs. Linda Chirico
Mr. Ramesh C. Nagabushnam Mr. Joseph Vargas Mrs. Mary Alice Beltrami Mr. Yuet Ping Chiu
National Grid USA Service Mr. Wendell Wahren Ms. Laurie Bennett Mr. Visuth Chotinanda
Company, Inc. Mrs. Denise Walkinshaw Mrs. Sara Berger Mr. Douglas Chura
Mr. Carlton K. Nicholson Mrs. Wai Fun Wan Mrs. Bernadette C. Bergman Mr. Victor A. Cicchino
Mrs. Nancy C. Nicholson Mr. Albert J. Wang Mr. Richard C. Bergman Citigroup Foundation
Mr. Mark W. Nusbaum Ms. Rhonda Warner Mrs. Carmen Berman Mrs. Rose M. Civiletto
Ms. Mary C. O'Donnell Mr. Jeffrey A. Warren Mrs. Jacki Berrol Mrs. Pauline M. Clare
Mr. Arthur E. Oliner Dr. Ralph R. Watkins Dr. Robert J. Bertholf Mr. Christopher A. Clark
Mrs. Jeanette Pchelka Mr. Richard Webb
Dr. Loknath Persaud Mrs. Judith Weikart
Mrs. Nancy Peters Mr. Wayne D. Weikart
Mr. David P. Peterson Mrs. Aarona Weinberg
Mr. Francis J. Petro Mrs. Marina Weinstein
Dr. John J. Picano Dr. James M. Wetter
Mrs. Barbara H. Pirozzi Mr. Edward Neil White
Mrs. Joanne E. Poage Ms. Lisa Whitwell
Mr. Rex Powell Mr. Robert Whitwell
Prudential Financial, Inc. Mrs. Sharon Wiatrowski
Mr. James P. Raleigh Mrs. Valerie M. Will
Mr. Calvin G. Rand Mrs. Angela Williams
Mrs. Phyllis C. Reinfranck Dr. Laura M. Williams
Mrs. Judy Ann Riccobono Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wilson
Mr. Richard John Riccobono Mr. Paul J. Wingard Jr.
Mr. Frank Rivera Mrs. Janet K. Wisbaum
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Mrs. Marjorie Robbins Mr. Gregory Witherspoon
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Mrs. Teresa Clark Mrs. Jane Edmister-Penner Ms. Sarah Goodfellow Mrs. Nanette L. Kappus
Ms. Bonita L. Clements Dr. Charles R. Edwards Ms. Patricia A. Goodnough Mr. William G. Kappus
Mr. Barry L. Cohen Mrs. Deborah G. Emerson Mr. James Brian Gordon Mr. Daniel Karpouzes
Dr. Joel A. Cohen Ms. Rebecca Empinado-Tse Mr. Reginald Grandjean Mr. James W. Karsten
Mrs. Camille Colesanti Mrs. Josephine Eng Mrs. Norman L. Grauerholz Ms. Corazon S.J. Kedjora
Mr. David Colesanti Ms. Cheryl Engasser Mrs. Janice L. Greenberg Mr. Eric Keim
Con Edison Mrs. Audrey Engel Mr. Neil Greenberg Mrs. Patricia Keim
Mr. Robert P. Conniff Mr. David Engel Mr. Thomas Greenfield Ms. Jacqueline M. Kelderhouse
Mr. Dan Connors Mr. Larry P. Erb Mrs. Kimberly S. Greiner Mr. Sheldon Kennedy
Ms. Eileen P. Connors Ms. Mary A. Esteban Mr. Edward Grenchus Ms. Mary Kerins
Mrs. Jeanne S. Contino Mr. Sergio Esteban Mrs. Rita Grenchus Mrs. Susan Ki
Mr. Joseph Contino Mr. William Evanchuk Mrs. Laura Grenzebach Mr. Koruthu Kinatukara
Mr. Donald I. Cook Dr. R. Mark Evans Mrs. Julie Griffin Mrs. Elaine T. King
Mr. Daniel W. Corbett Ms. Nyan Fackelman Mr. Donald F. Griffiths Ms. Kathleen A. Kirk
Mrs. Laurie Corbett Mrs. Bonnie Fairgrieve Mr. Vadim Gringauz Mrs. Sandra D. Kirst
Corning Incorporated Foundation Mr. John Fairgrieve Mrs. Jacqueline H. Gritsch Mrs. Joan Kisabeth
Mrs. Serafina Cosgrove Mrs. Annette Fairlie Mrs. Mildred C. Gronlund Mrs. Jayne J. Kleinman
Mr. Henry D. Cossitt IV Mr. James E. Falkowski Mr. Jules Guasp Ms. Linda Klimchak
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Ms. Helen Cousineau Dr. H. William Feder Dr. Sanford C. Gunn Mrs. Wendy Knoell
Mrs. Lynn E. Coyne Mr. Fred R. Ferber Ms. Jeannette T. Guskey Ms. Sandra Koester
Mr. John Creamer Mrs. Nancy Fiedler Mr. Robert Guttman Mr. Alexander E. Koncsol
Dr. David L. Crissey Mrs. Sarah M. Fiorella Mrs. Carol G. Haley Mr. Daniel P. Korchowsky
Mr. James Cruickshank Mr. Jim Fischetti Mrs. Diane K. Halt Dr. Paul J. Korytkowski
Mr. Ronald Csicseri Mr. Paul R. Fisk Mrs. Linda Hamblin Mr. Peter Kosloski
Ms. Marie Dabney Mr. Ronald Fleissner Mr. Anwar Haq Kraft Foods
Mr. Peter P. Dalton Dr. Eric J. Fogt Mrs. Tahira Haq Mr. Neil Krasilovsky
Mrs. Cheryl A. Darling Mrs. Dorothy M. Follman Mr. Ahmad Haroon Dr. Gerard C. Kress Jr.
Mr. Thomas L. Darling Mrs. Gail Forsyth-Vail Mrs. Carolyn D. Harris Mrs. Eleanor K. Kreutter
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Mrs. Cynthia M. De Joseph Ms. Erin J. Fraboni Mrs. Maureen Hazard Mrs. Diane G. Kujawski
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Mrs. Debra Demartino Mrs. Vivian Franklin Mrs. Janet Henderson Mrs. Ann M. Kuntz
Ms. Barbara A. Demerest Dr. David J. Fugazzotto Mr. Raymond Charles Herman III Ms. Elaine K. Kwiecien
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Mr. David H. Devendorf Mr. Frank Gambino Mr. Dennis W. Heslink Mr. Patrick Lafrieda
Dr. Gemma DeVinney Dr. Clifton G. Ganyard Mrs. Lucille Hildebrand Mrs. Karen Lambe
Mrs. Carol Devivio Mrs. Paula M. Ganyard Mrs. Maryann Hill Susan Lambert
Mrs. Arline Diaz Mr. Carlos E. Garcia Mr. James H. Hilton Dr. Marc Lampell
Mrs. Elizabeth A. DiCamillo Mrs. Jenny Garcia Mrs. Kathryn Hinners Mr. Kevin Landrigan
Mr. Thomas P. DiCamillo Mrs. Maria Garcia Mrs. Lynn B. Hoffman Mr. Joseph Lang
Mrs. Darla Diehl Mr. Richard Garfinkel Ms. Dolores Hollub Mr. David Latart
Mr. David Diehl Ms. Kathleen Gariepy Ms. Dorothy L. Holmes Ms. Bibi Latiff
Dr. William Joseph Dillon Mr. Robert Gariepy Mrs. Dorothy S. Holmes Mr. Cheung Lau
Mrs. Roseann Dimattina Ms. Camille M. Garrison Mr. Christopher Holtz Mr. Joseph P. Lavetsky
Mr. Frederick DiSanzo Mrs. Kay Geller Ms. Edith I. Hopkins Mr. Yves Lebrun
Mrs. Joan DiSanzo General Physics Corporation Mrs. Elaine Horesh Mrs. Clare Fong Lee
Mrs. Judith A. Dixon Mr. Roger D. Georgi Mrs. Joann Houk Mr. Jerry Hung Lee
Mrs. Theresa Dombrowski Mr. Paul G. Gerber Mr. John S. Hughes Mr. Kam L. Lee
Lieutenant Commander Paul B. Mr. George Gillott Mrs. Katherine E. Hull Dr. Kenneth L. Lefkowitz
Dougherty Mrs. Jane H. Gillott Mr. Guy Ikhlas Mr. Douglas A. Leininger
Ms. Susan L. Dow Mrs. Gabriele Gleiberman Mrs. Virginia Ilardo Mrs. Linda L. Leininger
Dresser-Rand Company Ms. Laurie Glieco Illinois Tool Works Foundation Mr. Tommy Leung
Ms. Nancy Dunn Mr. Paul Gluchowski Independece Community Mr. Kenneth J. Lewandowski
Mr. Terry Dunn Mrs. Ewa Godlewski Foundation Ms. Annelise L. Lewis
Mrs. Kathy Durei Mrs. Mary Godlewski Mrs. Antoinette Jakobi Mrs. Sukchong Li
Mrs. Irene L. Eckhardt Mrs. Maryrose Goebel Dr. David M. Janicke Dr. Harvey M. Lisch
Mr. Robert G. Jaquin Mrs. Mary Ann Lisnitzer
Mr. Fred Jawitz Mr. Bruce J. Littler
Mrs. Patricia Jeanmaire Mr. Hee Liu
Mrs. Carin Johnson Mrs. Li Liu
Mrs. Valentina Johnson Mr. August Lococo
Mr. William R. Johnson Mrs. Maria Lococo
Mrs. Deborah Jones Mr. William J. Loeffler III
Mr. Robert E. Jones Ms. Alberta J. Lonergan
Mr. James A. Jordan Mr. William H. Loos
Ms. Nancy Jordan Ms. Diana Lum
Dr. Brian S. Joseph Mrs. Margaret Lynch
Mr. Gaetan Joseph Dr. Richard J. Lynch
Ms. Sandra Joseph Mrs. Mary Sandra Lyons
Mrs. Cathy H. Joynt Mr. Robert L. Mack
Dr. Robert B. Joynt Mrs. Stephanie Mackiewicz
Mr. Mark R. Juba Mr. Daniel Mackin
Ms. Nancy L. Julian Ms. Lisa H. MacPherson
Dr. Kenneth R. Kahn Mr. Ranald K. MacPherson
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Mrs. Bernadine Macy Occidental Petroleum Charitable Mrs. Nancy A. Ross The Second Reader Bookshop
Mrs. Joyce M. Maguda Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Carole Roth Mr. Bernard Thoma
Mrs. Dorcas F. Mahon Mrs. Beatriz Ochoa Mr. Joseph A. Roth Mrs. Diane R. Thompson
Mrs. Elizabeth Maier Ms. Michele Oder Mrs. Barbara Ruppert Mr. James F. Thompson
Ms. Elizabeth Maleike Dr. Craig C. Orlowski Mrs. Deborah Saccardi Mrs. Jeanine A. Thompson
Mr. James M. Maloney Mrs. Jill W. Ortner Mr. John M. Salay Mr. Jonathan R. Thompson
Ms. Marlene Ann Marciniak Dr. John M. Ortner Mrs. Marie Sall Thomson Tax & Accounting
Dr. Arthur A. Markowitz Dr. Susan J. Ott Mr. Paul S. Samett Mrs. Corazon Tinio
Ms. Diane Marlatt Ms. Karen Otto Ms. Melissa C. Santacrose Mr. Dorothy Tojek
Mrs. Catherine E. Marriott Miss Carol A. Owen Mrs. Mahnaz Sarfraz Mr. Anthony J. Tolbert
Mr. Kenneth Martin Mrs. Lisa A. Paine Mr. Thomas R. Sawran Mr. Gorgi Trpevski
Mr. Allan Martin Mrs. Stacy Pak Mr. Lawrence R. Saxer Dr. Mark D. Truax
Dr. David Matlin Ms. Sharon Parker Mrs. Margaret Saxer Mrs. Shirley Tschang
Mattel Children's Foundation Mrs. Maureen T. Parks Mr. Daniel R. Schabert Mr. Russell W. Turck
Mrs. Cheryl May Ms. Felicia Parson Mrs. Jeanne Schenk Ms. Barbara Tznadel
Ms. Lauren N. Maynard Mr. Howard Parsons Mr. Marc Schles Mr. Peter E. Ueberschaer
Mr. Robert J. Mazierski Mrs. Paula H. Pattison Mrs. Joanne L. Schmidt United Technologies Corporation
Mrs. Maryann McCorry Dr. Robert M. Paufler Mr. Michael F. Schneider The UPS Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Thomas J. McCorry Mr. Charles Payne Mr. Leonard Schultz Mr. Ronald Urbaetis
Mr. James R. McCutcheon Mrs. Joan Peck Ms. Veronica L. Schultz Mr. Romulo Uzurin
Mr. Dennis M. McDermott Ms. Elise Penna Mrs. Mary Schuster Mr. Stephen Vail
Mr. Robert J. McDermott Mrs. Lois Penny Mr. Steven Schwartz Mr. Kenneth Van Volkenburg
Mrs. Andrea McElrath PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Dr. Susan L. Schwartz Mr. James Vantassell
Mrs. Pamela McGrath Mr. Douglas S. Perkins Mrs. Lori Scott Ms. Laura Victor
Ms. Rosemarie McGuire Ms. Sue Perna Mr. David R. Seid Mrs. Barbara Vieselmeyer
Mr. David McIvor Mrs. Elizabeth Perri Dr. Joseph P. Senft Mrs. Kathleen Vona
Mrs. Lynn Mclaud Mr. Louis Perri Mrs. Malgorzata Seternus Mr. Dan Waldron
Mr. Donald McVeigh Mrs. Kathleen A. Perry Mr. Tadeusz Seternus Mr. Robert E. Walker
Mrs. Kathleen McVeigh Mrs. Elaine Petit Mrs. Lena Sette-Camara Mrs. Elizabeth R. Walsh
Mr. Patrick Meagher Mrs. Jean R. Petro Ms. Shelly Sherfey Mr. James M. Walsh
Dr. David R. Meloon Mr. Steven Pflaum Mr. Dennis Sheridan Mrs. Noreen S. Wang
Mrs. Anne Menard Ms. Yvonne Philip Mrs. Suzanne F. Shoemaker Mr. Steven Ward
Mr. Raymond A. Mercer Jr. Ms. Madonna D. Piepszny Mrs. Pamela J. Simon Mr. Rodger Warren
Mrs. Denise Merkel Mr. Robert J. Piontkowski Mrs. Antoinette T. Simson Mr. David A. Warrick
Mrs. Arlene G. Merowitz Mrs. Julie K. Ploski Miss Elizabeth T. Sloan Mrs. Janeen Warrick
Mr. Morton J. Merowitz Mr. Walter A. Ploski Mrs. Barbara W. Slootsky Mr. Thomas Wawrzyniak
MetLife Foundation Mrs. Nancy L. Predatsch Mr. William S. Smith Ms. Angeline Webb
Microsoft Corporation Mr. Daniel Prevost Mrs. Carol W. Sobczak Mr. Jen Hai Wei
Mrs. Dorothy Middaugh Mrs. Elise Prevost Mr. Saul K. Sokolow Mr. Gary Weidenborner
Dr. Joseph Keith Miller Mr. Laurence Pringle Mrs. Cheryl Solano Mr. Alexandr Weinstein
Mr. Tim Mills Mr. Donald T. Ptak Mr. Robert G. Sorensen Mrs. Chris Wiehe
Mr. John A. Miskousky Mr. Frank Pulera Mrs. Susan A. Sorensen Mr. Neal Wilcox
Ms. Susan A. Mitchell Hon. James P. Punch Dr. Adolph Soto Dr. James E. Wild
Mrs. Merrill Moccio Mr. John Putre Mr. Eduardo Soto Mrs. Doreen Williams
Mr. Kenneth R. Moliterno Mrs. Patricia Putre Mrs. Carmen M. Souffront Mr. Paul Williamson
Mr. Herbert J. Moltzan Mr. Michael Racculia Mrs. Anne G. Spadone Mr. William J. Wilson
Mr. David Moore Mrs. Anastasia Radell Mr. William Spearman Mrs. Colleen B. Wingard
Mrs. Helen Kleespies Moore Mrs. Barbara Raulli Mr. George A. Specht Mr. Edwin Winslow Jr.
Mr. Dale Morrow Mrs. Laura Rausenberger Mr. Edward D. Spellman Mrs. Lillie Y. Winston
Mr. Robert C. Moss Ms. Michelle Reberholt Mrs. Joan Spira Dr. Stuart Alan Wolman
Mr. Frank Motschwiller Mr. James F. Redmond Ms. Deborah A. Spittler Mrs. Shelly Wool
Mrs. Patricia Motschwiller Mrs. Lindsey Redmond Mr. John T. St. Martin Jr. Dr. Matthew W. Woolsey
Mrs. Julia E. Mount Mr. Roger Reeves Mr. John T. St. Martin III Mr. Kenneth G. Wray
Mr. Michael Muldoon Mrs. Betty Ann Reidy Mr. Richard K. Stabins Mrs. Tami Wujek
Mr. Mark Mullen Ms. Kirsten B. Reitan Mrs. Malina K. Stawarz Mrs. Rebecca A. Wyzykiewicz
Dr. Benjamin Ray Munson Mr. Gary A. Richards Mr. Michael Stawarz Dr. Xiancheng Yang
Dr. Brian M. Murray Dr. Henry J. Richards Mrs. Linda Stein Ms. Rhoda Yaverbaum
Mrs. Beverly Murray-Worthy Mr. William Richards Ms. Teri Stein Ms. Tamar Yedin
Ms. Elizabeth M. Murrett Ms. Maryann Riehlman Mr. Carl Steinfeldt Mr. Frank Yee
Mr. Hasan Murshed Mr. Louis W. Ritchell Miss Elizabeth K. Stipkovits Mr. Jeffrey Yee
Mrs. Sue Muto Mr. Arthur F. Roaldi Mrs. Winona C. Stonebraker Dr. Carolyn B. Yucha
Mutual of America Mrs. Mary L. Roaldi Ms. Lily Stoyanovski Ms. Ellen Yuen
Mr. Jeffrey L. Myers Ms. Amanda Roberts Mr. William H. Straughan Mr. Paul R. Zastrow
Mr. James Naples Mr. Stanley C. Roberts Mr. Prayut Supalertmongkolch Mrs. Barbara E. Zillig
Mrs. Sylvia Nealon Mrs. Lina Roche Mrs. Noemi Subotovsky
Mr. Brian G. Newhouse Mrs. Julie Rock Dr. Harry A. Sultz
Mr. James D. Newman Mrs. Mary Rockman Ms. Joan Swanekamp
Dr. Victoria Beck Newman Dr. Peter Rockman Ms. Kemberley D. Sweetser
Ms. Pamela J. Nicastro Ms. Barbara J. Rodgers Mrs. Janice I. Swiatocha
Mr. Brian E. Nichols Mr. Anthony Rodriguez Mr. Stanley Swiatocha
Mr. Thomas E. Nichols Mrs. Rosa Rodriguez Mrs. Tessie C. Sy
Ms. Diane Nilles Dr. Marta I. Rodriguez-Perez Mr. Kenneth C. Syracuse
Mrs. Marlene Nocerino Mrs. Alice Rogstad Ms. Elizabeth Szostek
Mr. Timothy R. Nold Ms. Alma Rosado Ms. Joyce Elaine Tallent
Miss Elizabeth L. Nowak Mr. Eugene Rose Mr. Alan Taylor
Mr. Kevin F. Nowak Mr. Carl Rosenstock Mrs. Mary Therese Taylor
Mr. Joseph V. O'Brien Mrs. Nancy Rosenstock Mr. Paul M. Taylor
Mrs. Rose A. O'Neill Ms. Elise J. Rosenthal Mrs. Linda K. Tetreault
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A Plan for
THE FUTURE ...
The University Libraries embrace and respond to the UB 2020 planning process and its designation of
ten Strategic Strength areas. UB 2020 is intended to be a “paradigm shift” of “how we think and what we
do,” with the primary goal of advancing academic excellence. The plan guides the University’s realignment
of resources, strategic investments, development of partnerships, and the University’s role in the region.
The Libraries are aligning our resources, especially in terms of collections, services, space, technical
infrastructure, and staff expertise to effectively support the ten Strategic Strength areas:
• Integrated Nanostructural Systems
• Molecular Recognition
• Clinical Science
• Aging and Chronic Disease
• Extreme Events
• Information and
Computing Technologies
• Civic Engagement and
Public Policy
• Bioinformatics
• Artistic Expression
• Cultural, Historical, Literary
and Textual Studies
Collection assessments and needs have been prepared. New staff members have joined us with expertise
in the academic fields of medicine, business, geographic systems, and information literacy. A team of five
has been created to run the Libraries’ Annex and enhance document delivery systems and services. The
opening of the Libraries Annex allows us to repurpose and redesign library spaces located within the aca-
demic core. The implementation of the Ex Libris ALEPH system in Summer 2006 provides a significantly
more robust and web-based catalog and also makes us a full partner in SUNY Connect, with access to the
holdings of all SUNY libraries and a powerful consortium for licensing of electronic resources. Planning
is underway to transform the Special Collections Research Room into a vibrant hub for electronic texts
production as well as literary study and analysis. The University Archives is negotiating for receipt of
primary architectural design materials related to urban planning and design in Buffalo, in support of UB’s
strengthening of community involvement.
Our transformations (spaces, outreach and information literacy services, digital information resources)
and extended global reach are positioning the Libraries as major partners in UB’s Comprehensive Master
Plan for the University’s role in the Western New York region. We can visualize our roles in support of the
Master Plan goals:
• To become a Model 21st Century University.
• To Grow in Support of Academic Goals.
• To Create and Sustain Memorable Places.
• To Improve UB Connectivity to the
Buffalo Niagara Region.
• To Serve as a Model of University Campus Planning.
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