Congratulations, Rebecca - this is wonderful! Michelle
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:45 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow!! This is truly a remarkable gift! We’re so proud of all you do, > dear Rebecca!! > Etta > > Etta Gold, MLS, RJE > Congregational Librarian > Temple Beth Am > The Janet z”l and Richard Yulman Campus > 5950 N. Kendall Drive, Pinecrest, Florida 33156 > Direct 786.264.6543 > Main 305.667.6667 or 305.665.6228 ext. 128 > Fax 305.662.8619 > > > *From:* Jefferson, Rebecca <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:44 AM > *To:* mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [ha-Safran] News from the Price Library of Judaica > > > *News from the Price Library of Judaica at the University of Florida * > > > > > > SMATHERS LIBRARIES AT UF RECEIVE $500,000 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE > HUMANITIES CHALLENGE GRANT AWARD > > *One of 16 awarded nationally, the grant will support efforts to raise an > endowment to preserve and provide access to hidden and endangered Jewish > heritage materials * > > The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries have received a > prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant of > $500,000 to build an endowment fund that will broaden access to humanities > resources relating to the Jewish experience in Florida, Latin America and > the Caribbean. The matching award provides a $1 match for every $3 raised. > > The NEH Challenge Grant project, “Repositioning Florida’s Judaica > Library,” will raise $1.5 million in matching funds to enable the creation > of the Endowment for Resources on Jewish Heritage in Florida, Latin America > and the Caribbean in support of strategic acquisitions, digital collection > building, outreach programs and research. Judith Russell, dean of > University Libraries, and Rebecca Jefferson, head of the Price Library of > Judaica, are leading the effort. > > “We are excited to be at the forefront of a project that will transform > our knowledge about the Jewish people of this region and greatly inform > many other disciplines within the humanities,” Russell said. > > UF alumnus and Miami entrepreneur Gary R. Gerson, who provided the first > funds to build the endowment, said he feels certain the Jewish community > “will be interested in preserving the history of diasporic influences made > by Jewish people transplanted to Florida.” > > The NEH Challenge Grant represents a second historic award for the > Libraries. The first was in 1977, when the NEH inaugurated the Challenge > Grant program for the purchase of books and materials that established the > Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica. Today, the Price Library is > recognized as the best Jewish Studies research collection in the > southeastern United States. > > This second award of $500,000 recognizes that with the Price Library as > its foundation, the University of Florida is singularly well-suited to lead > a new national and international effort to acquire resources that will > promote and support greater study of the Jewish diaspora in the region. > > To support this exciting challenge award and contribute to the Endowment > for Resources on Jewish Heritage in Florida, Latin America and the > Caribbean fund, please contact Kathleen Boudreau, director of development > at the George A. Smathers Libraries at [email protected] or 352-273-2505. > To discuss opportunities to donate materials to the Jewish Diaspora > Collection (JDoC) at UF, please contact Rebecca Jefferson at [email protected] > > > > > > ---------- > > Rebecca Jefferson, PhD > Head, Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica > Department of Special and Area Studies Collections > George A. Smathers Libraries > University of Florida > Gainesville, FL. 32611-7010 > Phone: (352) 273-2650 (Library West) > (352) 273-2865 (Judaica Suite) > Fax: (352) 392-8118 > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UFPriceLibrary > > Website: http://uflib.ufl.edu/judaica/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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