ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 / 2 1 1 A n n -C h ris te Y o un g Cornell University has received $275,000 in g ra n ts t o h e lp p r e s e r v e d igital d o c u m e n ts . T h e C o u n c il o n L ib ra ry a n d I n fo r m a ti o n R e s o u r c e s g a v e $ 7 5 ,0 0 0 t o s u p p o r t t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f “risk m a n a g e m e n t ” t o o ls t o h e lp lib ra ria n s d e c id e h o w b e s t t o m a n a g e t h e i r d ig ita l d a ta ; t h e F e d e r a l In s titu te o f M u s e u m a n d L ib ra ry S e r v i c e s g a v e C o rn e ll a $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 g ra n t t o d e s ig n a n d im p le m e n t a p la n fo r lo n g -term p re serv a tio n o f th e d o c u m e n ts t h e lib ra r y a lr e a d y h a s in d ig ita l fo r m , w h i c h in c lu d e n e a rly 3 m illio n p a g e s o f s c a n n e d arch iv al d o c u m e n ts . The University o f Illinois a t Urbana- C h a m p a i g n ’s G r a d u a t e S c h o o l o f L ib ra ry a n d In fo rm a tio n S c ie n c e h a s r e c e iv e d a $ 6 5 ,0 0 0 g ra n t f r o m t h e Lila W a l la c e -R e a d e r ’s D ig e s t F u n d . T h e s c h o o l ’s L ib ra ry R e s e a r c h C e n t e r (L R C ) is c r e a ti n g a n a t io n a l s u r v e y o f lit e r a c y s e r v i c e s in p u b l i c lib r a r ie s ; s u r v e y re s u lts w ill s h a p e th e f u n d ’s f in a n c ia l c o m m it m e n t s t o lib r a r ie s th a t a d d res s ad u lt literacy p ro b le m s . R etu rn e d su rv ey s w ill b e c o d e d b y LRC staff, d a ta w ill b e a n a ly z e d , a n d a n a r ra tiv e r e p o r t s u m m a r iz in g t h e s u rv e y fin d in g s w ill b e p r e p a r e d a n d d e liv e r e d t o t h e Lila W a lla c e -R e a d e r’s D ig e s t F u n d in S e p te m b e r 1 9 9 9 . 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C o n s is tin g p rim a rily o f p r in te d w o r k s b y a n d a b o u t O r w e l l , t h e c o l l e c t i o n c o n t a i n s fir s t a n d s u b s e q u e n t e d i t i o n s o f a ll o f O r w e l l ’s b o o k s , fro m Down a n d Out in Paris a n d London, h is fir s t p u b l i s h e d b o o k , t o 1 9 8 4 , h is la s t. T h e c o l l e c t i o n is r o u n d e d o u t b y a s m a l l, s e l e c t g r o u p o f m a n u s c r ip t m a te r ia l a n d b o o k s o w n e d b y O r w e l l , in c l u d i n g s c h o o l b o o k s s i g n e d “E ric B la i r ,” O r w e l l ’s b i r t h n a m e , w i th a c o n s i d e r a b l e b o d y o f e p h e m e r a l m a te r ia l. Novelist Jane Urquhart's diary has been d o n a t e d t o t h e U n i v e r s i ty o f W a t e r l o o ( U W ) . 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It w a s im p o r t a n t f o r h e r t o h a v e a p o r t io n o f h e r o r ig i n a l m a t e r ia l s in t h e U W L ib r a r y b e c a u s e , s h e s a id , “W i t h o u t t h e U W L ib r a r y I c o u l d n ’t h a v e w r itt e n t h e b o o k s I h a v e … I r e a lly f e e l a t h o m e t h e r e . ” ■ C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 / 2 1 3 C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 / 2 1 5 2 1 6 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9