Duke University Libraries receives Mellon grant

The Duke University Libraries have received a $1.25 million grant
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a new senior
conservator position to help care for the Libraries' extensive
research collections.During the next three years, the Libraries will
raise a matching $1 million to endow the position, while $250,000 of
the grant will allow the Libraries to proceed with appointing
someone before the endowment is fully funded.

The new senior conservator position will help the Libraries to
address a growing need to preserve and make accessible a wide
variety of materials that are currently unavailable to researchers
or could be damaged by use because of their fragile condition. It
will also allow the Libraries' Conservation Services Department to
expand partnerships on campus and throughout the Triangle area.

To read more of the press release, please visit:

    <URL:http://library.duke.edu/news/main/2011/article3.html>

Beth Doyle, Head, Conservation Services Dept.
Duke University Libraries, CB# 90189
Durham, NC 27708


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