2012 FOL Annual Gift Awards announced

$26,000 gift from Friends of the Library supports collection development

Since 1966, UMKC Friends of the Library have presented the University Libraries and the UMKC community with an Annual Gift. The 2012 awards were announced at the Friends annual celebration on April 17 at Union Station.

Oliver Burnette & Dean Sharon Bostick with $26k check For their 47th Annual Gift, the Friends donate $26,000 for the purchase of books, DVDs, recordings, data sets, periodical back files, and music scores. The cumulative amount of the Friends’ Annual Gifts exceeds $1.3 million.

This year the Friends received 22 proposals with requests totaling nearly $41,000. The Selections Committee carefully consider  each proposal and may recommend no, full, or partial funding of proposals. A complete list of recipients is available online.

The Annual Gift is made possible through endowment distributions, membership dues, and book sale proceeds.  Made possible through special gifts, membership dues, and book sale proceeds, the Friends donated over $37,000 for books, videos, recordings, periodical backfiles, music scores in 2011.

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