ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 6 7 6 / C&RL News ■ O c to b e r 2002 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Galloway C a lifo rn ia S tate U n iversity-N orthrid ge (C S U ) w a s a w a r d e d a fiv e -y e a r $ 1 .6 m illio n H is p a n ic S e rv in g In s titu tio n s G r a n t fr o m th e U .S . D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a tio n . T h is a w a rd a c k n o w le d g e s CSU an d th e u n iversity library’s ed u catio n program s and affords th e opportunity to fu rth e r e n ric h th e re la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n th e u n iv e r s ity a n d its 3 0 p e r c e n t to ta l H is p a n ic e n r o llm e n t (fa ll 2 0 0 1 ) a n d th e S a n F e r n a n d o V a lle y ’s 3 7 p e r c e n t H isp an ic co m m u nity . S o u th w e s t M is s o u ri S ta te U n iv e rs ity (SM SU) has b e e n aw arded a $ 1 3 0 ,9 9 9 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Comm ission to establish an effective university archives and records m anagem ent program. The two-year grant project will conduct a cam pus rec o rd s survey, revise reten tion sch e d u le s, p ro d u ce a reco rd s m anag em ent m anual, and provide w orksho p s for records adm inistrators. T h e w ork sh o p s will also p u b liciz e the estab lish m en t, serv ices, and holdings o f the university archives. The U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia -B e rk e le y L ib ra ry , in p a r tn e r s h ip w ith th e o f f ic e o f th e v ic e p ro v o st fo r u n d e rg ra d u a te e d u c a tio n and th e u n d e rg ra d u a te d iv isio n o f th e C o lle g e o f Letters an d Scien ces, has receiv ed $ 1 3 8 ,0 0 0 from th e A ndrew W . M ello n Fo u n d a tio n to su p p o rt a p ilo t p ro ject to estab lish M ello n Library/Faculty Fellows for Undergraduate Research. T h e program will b e inau gu rated w ith a Su m m er Institu te for th e T e a c h in g o f U n d e rg ra d u a te R e s e a r c h C o m p e te n c ie s . F a c u lty a n d g ra d u a te stu d e n t instructors selected for the program will participate in an intensive series o f symposia, w orkshops, and in d ivid u al c o n s u lta tio n s e s s io n s th at ad d res s information literacy, scholarly comm unication and publishing trends, n ew instructional technologies, student research, and th e ped agogical strategies that n eed to b e applied within this n ew instructional environment. The John W . B a rrig e r III N a tio n a l R a ilro a d Library a t th e U n iv ersity o f M isso u ri- St. L o u is h a s b e e n a w a r d e d a $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 g ra n t fro m th e U n io n P a c ific R a ilro a d C o rp o ra tio n . T h e grant is designated to strengthen th e library’s resources by acquiring rare and unique materials, including b o o k s, d ocum ents, archival m aterials, an d artifacts related to th e h istory o f railroading in th e U n ite d States. The O h io S ta te U n iv e r s ity L ib ra rie s h a v e r e c e iv e d $ 7 m illio n , o r ig in a tin g fro m T h o m a s E. a n d P a tric ia A. D u k e R o b in s o n , to s u p p o rt th e r e n o v a tio n o f th e W illia m O x le y T h o m p s o n M e m o ria l (M a in ) L ib ra ry . T h e R o b in s o n s ’ gift o f $5 m illio n w ill b e a u g m en ted b y a n a d d itio n a l $ 2 m illio n fr o m t h e P a u l G. D u k e Fo u nd atio n . A c q u i s i t i o n s The Ferry Hill Ledger (1797-1804) and an In g les Fam ily B ib le ( 1 8 2 3 ) h a v e b e e n a cq u ired by V irginia T e c h ’s D igital Library a n d A rchives. T h is d o n a tio n fro m a d e s c e n d e n t o f th e In g les fam ily provides docum entation o f p ion eers Mary D ra p er In g les an d W illiam D rap er, o w n ers and o p e r a to r s o f a n e a r ly fe rry a c r o s s th e N ew River, Ing les Ferry Hill T avern, an d a blacksm ith s h o p . T h e F e rry H ill L e d g e r is im p o rta n t o n a v a r ie ty o f le v e ls as it d o c u m e n ts th is fa m ily ’s extraord inary h istory an d activities at the Ing les F e rry , a s w e ll a s b u s in e s s tr a n s a c t io n s in S o u th w e s t V irg in ia a t th e tu rn o f th e 1 8 th c e n tu r y . T h e lib ra ry a ls o r e c e n t ly r e c e iv e d im p o rta n t C ivil W a r m a te r ia ls , in c lu d in g th e l e tte r s o f D a v id E a rh a rt, w h o s e u n it, th e 4 th Virginia, Sto new all Ja c k s o n B rigad e, saw so m e o f th e m o s t in t e n s e fig h tin g o f th e w a r. T h e F e rry Hill L e d g e r h a s b e e n d ig itiz e d fo r lo n g ­ term p reserv a tio n an d ev en tu a l p u b lic acce ss. The p apers o f W illia m G osnell, D a lla s N icholas, an d Larry G ib so n h a v e b e e n a cq u ired b y th e T h u r g o o d M a rsh a ll L aw L ib ra ry a t th e U niversity o f M aryland S c h o o l o f Law. G o sn ell a n d N ic h o la s w e r e a tto r n e y s p r a c t ic in g in Ed. no te : Send yo u r news to : Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e- mail: agalloway@ala.org. mailto:agalloway@aia.org C&RL News ■ October 2002 / 677 Baltimore from the 1930s through the 1950s. Gibson is a current faculty member o f the law school and has b een active in the civil rights movement in Baltimore as a practicing attorney and p o litica l figu re. T o g e th e r th e p ap ers represent the initial collections o f the African A m erican s in th e Law S p e cia l C o llectio n project. A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, believed to have been written in the first or second century A.D., was recently ac­ quired by the University of Washington and will ( “Crossing borders” continuedf rom p a g e656) creative output, perspective, and national voice. W hether countries will b e able to see the im plications for their cultural in­ stitutions or to protect them in W TO treaty negotiations remains to b e seen. Our professional literature offers insights into cultural distinctions as they are reflected in academic librarianship. Two recent articles provide very different but equally interesting cross-border perspectives. Dale Askey’s article “Academics Abroad”2 delineates the challenges to scholars doing research in German libraries. In “B o o k s in Bill Clinton’s D o n a tio n ,”3 Hongyang Zhang and T. D. Webb review the background and implications o f two donations to academic libraries in China and the United States. From both of these we can learn as much about our own orientation and points o f view as w e can about those elsewhere. Exploring academic library practice and cooperation, their relationship to scholarship, and the relationship of the latter to cultural institutions are part o f understanding and appreciating the new reali­ ties that borders play in the flow o f informa­ tion and knowledge. For academ ic librarians concerned with availability and access to scholarly and cultural output, the openness or permeability o f bor­ ders and their influence on cultural institutions, and vice versa, will continue to be important to monitor. Next summer, when ALA and CLA (Cana­ dian Libraiy Association) hold their joint con­ ference in Toronto, Ontario, will be an oppor­ tunity for the kind o f exchange and learning that com es from exp osure to practice and becom e a key com ponent o f the Early Bud­ dhist Manuscripts Project. T he manuscript, among the earliest Buddhist writings known to exist, is from a private co llecto r who re­ cen tly died. T h e chain o f p o ssessio n from its location o f origin to the c o llecto r is un­ know n. T h e m anu script c o n sists o f eight fragm ents o f a scro ll and is w ritten in the Gandhari language, a derivative o f Sanskrit. The style of script and the language suggest the manuscript com es from Gandhara, a re­ gion o f what is now eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. ■ perspectives on both sides of that particular shared border. Canada has long been the United States’ biggest trading partner and the two countries function as very good neighbors. The air waves, which have never been good about respecting borders, allow those people who live within broadcast range on either side o f the “line” to enjoy Canada’s CBC and the United States’ National Public Radio. While Canada has two official languages, it is not a bilingual country. Its government is democratic and parliamentary and it shares with the United States common roots in British com­ mon law. Canada was founded on the concepts o f peace, order, and good government, as dis­ tinct from life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap­ piness. The countries share many values, yet there are definitely differences between them, many o f them nuanced. For the ALA/CLA conference next summer, th ese distinctions serve as an incentive for crossing the border to take advantage o f the opportunity for exchange, discovery, and the development of new relationships, which can only strengthen us in the world o f new reali­ ties. Notes 1. Adam Gopnik, From Paris to theM oon (New York: Random House, 2001). 2. Dale Askey, “Academic Abroad: Conduct­ ing Scholarly research in German Libraries,” por­ tal: Libraries and the Academy 1, no. 4 (October 2001): 445-53. 3. Hongyang Zhang and T. D. Webb, “The Books in Bill Clinton’s Donation,” College and Re­ search Libraries63, no. 4 (July 2002): 367-75- ■