Make Yourself Comfortable in ARB

The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to upgrade the Archives and Rare Books Library.

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, and the Urban Studies archives 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 is used by more than 5,000 UC students and faculty, as well as by 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. Among the improvements will be new Reading Room and Seminar Room furniture, updated exhibit cases, as well as new computers, bookshelves, chairs, and tables – all designed to make the space more inviting and comfortable for users.

“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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