march07c.indd Ann-Christe Galloway G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s The University of Calgary has received a gift of $25 million from longtime friends and supporters Don and Ruth Taylor to help build the digital library previously known as the Campus Calgary Digital Library. In recogni­ tion of this gift, the Board of Governors has named the digital library the Taylor Family Digital Library. In addition, the gift from the Taylor Family will be used to create a green space in the center of campus in concert with the construction of the Taylor Family Digital Library. This donation will permit the construction of a central quadrangle that defines the heart of campus. Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, has re­ ceived a grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) to participate in a nationwide effort to help universities deepen student commitment to academic integrity and social responsibility. The initiative, the “Leadership Consortium in Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility,” aims to bring the entire campus community—from presidents and provosts to librarians and stu­ dents—together to make academic integrity issues a priority of higher education. Miami University’s plan, “Be Miami: An Infrastructure for Cultivating a Responsible and Intellectual College Life,” features an online learning module on academic integrity and informa­ tion literacy, called Miami eScholar. The Web­based tutorial aims to cultivate a level of student profi ciency in locating, analyzing, and incorporating a variety of information resources for research. Additionally, Miami eScholar will inform students about ethical and responsible use of information, stress­ ing the significance of academic and social integrity to a successful experience in higher education. The $70,000 cost to implement the Ed. note: Send your news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: agalloway@ala.org. program will be shared by the AACU and the university, and the budget covers a time pe­ riod which began January 15, 2007, and will continue until December 31, 2008. Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin (CBB) colleges have received a $280,000 grant from the An­ drew W. Mellon Foundation to build a model collaborative library collection development program. The plan is to collaboratively ac­ quire and share collection resources in all formats (electronic and print), reduce unnec­ essary duplication and redundant purchases, and make a broader universe of materials available at each campus. Previous grants from the Mellon Foundation to the CBB librar­ ies have helped build a service framework for collection sharing, enabling the libraries to develop technologies to share catalogs and support interlibrary loan activity. The libraries plan to determine how to expand the collection of materials available to the CBB academic communities, share budgetary and space resources so that all three libraries can operate more cost­effectively, and build a faculty culture that embraces the plan. The grant will be used over two years to hire temporary librarians who will enable current staff to devote time to the project. Acquisitions The University of South Carolina has re­ cently acquired the Robert D. Midden­ Correction In the Februar y 2007 issue, it was incorrectly printed that the papers of novelist Peter Straub were donated to New York University’s Fales Collection. Straub was paid for this acquisition.The editors regret the error. 198C&RL News March 2007 mailto:agalloway@ala.org dorf Collection of M a r j o r i e K i n n a n R a w l i n g s . R a w l ­ ings (1896–1953), a Florida­based writer, is best­known for her Pulitzer­prize winning novel The Yearling (1938). The collection, a majority gift from Middendorf with additional support from donations to the library’s Treasures Acquisition Program, covers the whole of her writing career, from her earliest magazine stories for McCall’s, her discovery by Scribner’s Magazine and Scribner’s legendary editor Maxwell Perkins, to the success of her subsequent books, no­ tably The Yearling and Cross Creek (1942). Along with first editions and periodical writings—in fine condition, many signed and inscribed—the collection also includes letters, proofs, and movie memorabilia. The papers of U.S. Congressman Sherwood Boehlert have been acquired by the University at Albany’s Libraries. His papers include ap­ proximately 500 boxes and stand as record of a long career serving the people of New York. Among Boehlert’s many achievements was his chairmanship of the House Science Commit­ tee; he also served on committees on Trans­ portation and Infrastructure. By appointment of the Speaker of the House, Boehlert served for eight years as a member of the Select Com­ mittee on Intelligence, where he was on the front line of important intelligence decisions faced by Congress. Early in 2003, the speaker appointed Boehlert to serve on the newly cre­ ated Select Committee on Homeland Security. In addition to being a leader on science issues, Boehlert’s legislative experience and seniority made him one of the most infl uential members of Congress. National Journal featured him as one of a dozen key players in the House. Time magazine highlighted Boehlert as a power center on Capitol Hill. . 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