Contact: Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications, (513) 556-1558 or melissa.norris@uc.edu
October 24, 2007 – The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to upgrade the Archives and Rare Books Library at the University of Cincinnati.
The Archives and Rare Books Library organizes and houses the University of Cincinnati Archives, the Rare Book Collection representing the range of the written word from early manuscripts and incunabula to modern first editions and fine press books, the German-Americana Collection of published and archival materials, and the Urban Studies Collection of 20th and 21st-century community organizations, politics, and urban culture, primarily with a focus on Cincinnati. Each year, the Archives and Rare Books Library, which is part of University Libraries, is used by more than 5,000 UC students and faculty, as well as independent researchers and scholars from throughout the U.S. and other countries.
The grant from the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation will allow for facility and furnishing upgrades that will improve user spaces and collection facilities.
In announcing the grant, Robert C. Martin, trustee for the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation, said, “The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation is very pleased to support the Archives and Rare Books Library that serves the University of Cincinnati community and researchers around the world. This library is a special place that the Greater Cincinnati region should treasure, and we are happy to provide a gift that will enable this library project to begin.”
“Through the exceptional generosity of the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation, we will be able to improve the areas we provide for students and scholars in our very fine Archives and Rare Books Library,” said Victoria A. Montavon, Dean and University Librarian.
The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation was founded in 1965 exclusively for the purpose of funding religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational endeavors.-- ### --
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