ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 346 / C&RL News ■ May 2003 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Galloway Illinois State University has been awarded $42,900 b y th e L ibrary Services a n d T e c h n o lo g y A ct (LSTA) t h r o u g h t h e Illin o is S ta te L ib ra ry ’s “D r e a m A g a i n ” g r a n t p r o g r a m t o e s t a b l i s h a C e n te r fo r P re s e rv a tio n a n d C o n se rv a tio n . T h e c e n te r w ill p ro v id e services ra n g in g fro m b a sic to a d v a n c e d b o o k r e p a i r t o full c o n s e rv a tio n tre a tm e n t, d e a c id ific a tio n , a n d c o n s e rv a tio n training. F our w o rk s h o p s o n basic b o o k rep air a n d disaster p re p a re d n e ss a n d recovery will b e offered in th e state d u rin g th e g ra n t cycle. A s e c o n d LSTA g ra n t w a s re c e iv e d fo r $15,400 fo r Illin o is State U niversity to tak e th e le a d in a feasibility stu d y for a m u lti-institutional initiative in c rea tin g a s h a re d storage facility fo r a cadem ic a n d com m unity college lib ra ries in Illinois. P a rtn e rs in t h e g ra n t in c lu d e W estern Illinois University, N orth C entral College, C e n te r fo r R e s e a rc h L ib ra rie s, a n d B la c k H a w k C om m unity College. The University of Pittsburgh has received a $50,000 g ra n t from th e H e n ry L uce F o u n d a tio n to sup p o rt a three-w eek institute focused o n Chinese librarianship a n d library m an a g em e n t this sum m er. T h e in stitute w ill im p le m e n t a v ig o ro u s p ro g ra m d e signed to provide training for m id-career C hinese librarians. T h e curriculum will c o v e r m ajor aspects o f East A sian lib rarianship in g e n e ra l a n d C hinese l ib ra ria n s h ip in p a rtic u la r, in c lu d in g t r e n d s in r e s e a r c h a n d p u b lic a tio n in E ast A sia n s tu d ie s , bibliography a n d the b o o k trade, digital technology a n d re so u rc e s in th e East A sian v e rn a c u la r scripts, CJK catalo g in g a n d p re se rv a tio n , p u b lic services a n d bib lio g ra p h ic instruction, fundraising, library m anagem ent, a n d creative leadership. T he institute w ill a ls o o rg a n iz e a visit o f t h e p a rtic ip a n ts to libraries in C hina follow ing th e su m m e r program . A c q u is it io n s The W. Ormiston Roy Collection o f John B urroughs h as b e e n acquired b y th e University o f S o u th C arolina. T h e c o lle c tio n o f m ate ria ls p e r ­ taining to A m erican n a tu re w riter J o h n B urroughs (1 837-1921), w h ic h in c lu d e s o v e r 100 v o lu m e s b y B urroughs as well as original p h o to g rap h s a n d m em o rab ilia , w a s p re s e n te d to th e library b y G. Ross R oy a n d n a m e d in h o n o r o f R oy’s g ra n d fa ­ ther. T he elder Roy k n e w Burroughs a n d served as a c o n s u lta n t o n t h e la n d s c a p in g o f B u rro u g h s ’ e sta te in t h e C atskills. M a n y o f th e b o o k s c arry inscriptions t o O rm isto n R oy from B u rro u g h s o r from his literary e x ec u to r Clara Barrus. B urroughs is increasingly re c o g n iz e d as a p io n e e r in raising c o n s c io u s n e s s o f c o n s e rv a tio n issues. As a fol­ lo w e r o f Ralph W aldo E m erson a n d H enry D avid T h o re a u , a n d a frie n d o f W alt W h itm an , h e a lso h a s a significant role in A m erican literary history. The papers of Walter Kohn, winner of the 1998 N o bel Prize in Chem istry, will b e p re se rv e d a t th e U n iv e rsity o f C a lifo rn ia (U C )-S an ta B a r­ b a ra for u se b y students a n d scholars nationw ide. K ohn, a c o n d e n s e d m a tte r theorist, d o n a te d his extensive collection o f notes, articles, m anuscripts, research docum ents, a n d c o rre sp o n d e n c e to Spe­ cial C ollections in D a v id so n Library. T h e c ollec­ tio n d o c u m e n ts th e w o r k in g life o f a p h y sic ist a n d in cludes m aterials re la te d to K o h n ’s o p p o s i­ tio n to UC’s peac etim e n uclear w e a p o n s research a n d d e v e lo p m e n t a n d h is w o r k w ith o rg a n iz a ­ tions d e d ic ate d to international p e a c e a n d th e a d ­ v a n c e m e n t o f h u m a n rights. Texaco and A rthur Andersen Library re­ se a rc h m aterials h a v e b e e n a cq u ire d b y th e N e w Y ork Public Library’s Science, Industry a n d Busi­ n ess Library (SIBL). T h e T exaco m aterial includes a c o m p le te se t o f re s e a rc h re p o rts c o m p ile d b y th e A m e ric an P e tro le u m A ssociation, in clu d in g re sea rc h o n th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f n e w p e tro le u m products. T he gift also e n ab led th e library to com ­ p lete its se t o f th e J o u r n a l o f P o ly m e r S c ie n ce a nd a d d e d h y d ro c arb o n p rocessing periodicals to the lib ra ry ’s c o lle ctio n s. A rth u r A n d e rs e n c lo s e d its N e w York City library a n d d o n a te d title s d e aling w ith the accounting a n d consulting industries from its c o lle c tio n to SIBL. ■ E d . n o t e : Send y o u r new s to : G rants & A cq u isitio n s, C&RL News, 5 0 E. 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