Proudly Cincinnati

Answer: UC Libraries
Question: What do UC students and faculty need to succeed in their teaching, learning and research?

Since the Proudly Cincinnati campaign was launched in 2005, an ever-increasing number of alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, community residents, foundations, and corporations have contributed to help UC reach the $928 million mark as of July 10, 2012. Reaching the campaign goal of $1 billion by the end of the 2012-13 academic year will make UC one of only 25 public institutions to achieve this level of fundraising success.

Under the umbrella of Proudly Cincinnati, the Libraries initiated their own aggressive fundraising campaign. Our campaign seeks financial support from donors to help provide intellectually stimulating learning environments and access to outstanding research and information resources that students and faculty need to excel in their academic and research pursuits.

Library donors share our vision that a successful academic library in the 21st century is a combination of many essentials:

• Flexible and technologically innovative learning environments that foster collaboration among students and meet individual, quiet study needs.
• New technologies that improve access to library resources and services, including mobile access.
• Collections encompassing additional digital resources that align with the academic goals and priorities of UC2019, UC's academic master plan, and enable students and faculty to access them for study and research needs any time of the day or night from anywhere in the world.
• Digitization to improve access to special collections, particularly in the Archives and Rare Books Library and the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions.

Among the libraries' donors are UC's own faculty and staff. The 2012 UC Faculty and Staff Campaign achieved record success with more than 50% participation by Libraries' faculty and staff as well as campus-wide University employees. Here's what Cathy Barnes of the UC Business Affairs Office said about the reasons she gives to the Libraries:

"As both a UC alumnus and staff member, I believe it's critical to give back to my institution. In my opinion, it's a way to help fund futures—the futures of students we may not even know yet – and a way to show pride in the place that I proudly serve each day. Giving to the University of Cincinnati Libraries in particular helps ensure that future students, from wherever they hail, have the resources they need, despite continually diminishing state support. I don't believe I'm obliged to give, but I want to give—as a grateful alumnus and caring staff member."

Answer: YOU!
Question: Who else can help make UC Libraries even stronger?

There's no limit to what our students and faculty can accomplish when we provide them with the resources needed to unlock their true potential.

Please consider joining Cathy and more than 1,500 donors to the UC Libraries since the Proudly Cincinnati campaign began by making your gift using the postage-paid donation envelope in this issue of Source or online at www.uc.edu/give.

To talk with someone about your specific library interests or a planned gift, please contact Margaret W. Wolf at (513) 556-0055 or peggy.wolf@uc.edu.

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