$300 for the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library for the Dictionnaire Culturel en Langue Française . In this dictionary, detailed entries are followed by varying uses of the words across the Francophone world, as well as many citations and references to other cultures,in order to uncover the complex cultural and historical networks which hide within each word.
$350 for the Education and Social Science Library to purchase the Encyclopedia of Gender and Society . This encyclopedia includes articles by experts in the field and covers the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies. It is distinguished by across-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world.
$410 for the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library to purchase Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies . This new edition covers the core concepts of the discipline as well as the history of translation in major linguistic communities. This encyclopedia will serve the students of the newly established Center for Translation Studies and anyone interested in this rapidly growing discipline.
$410 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase Creating the Pantheon: design, materials and construction . This is an important scholarly work devoted to Roman design and construction of one of the most well known and preserved architectural monuments in the world. This 429-page monograph reviews standard design procedures, concrete construction, general sources of design, and the main architectural components of drum and dome.
$435 for the Map and Geography Library to purchase a set of topographic maps of Turkey. The set includes 69 map sheets with a scale of 1:250,000 ( 1 inch equals approximately 4 miles). The maps will be used by students and faculty studying the geology, politics, and culture of this important eastern European country.
$480 for the Asian Library to add the three volumes of Edo Jidai Joryu Bungaku Zenshu to its Japanese collection of works by women authors in pre-modern Japan (1600-1868).
$500 for the Asian Library to acquire the five-volume illustrated Japanese history, Gado Kindaishi . This publication introduces the pre-modern politics, religion, literature, and culture of 17th, 18th, and 19th century Japan.
$540 for the Asian Library to purchase Gaho Fuzokushi , a history of Japanese customs from ancient to modern times. This set contains over 4,000 illustrations depicting the traditions of Japanese society.
$540 for the Map and Geography Library to preorder volume 6 of the Atlas of the United Dutch East Indies Company . Volume 6 covers the territories in India. This single edition comprises one volume of a set of seven to eventually be issued covering all of the settlements and territories under the Charter of the Dutch United East India Company (1602-1799). Each edition will have a maximum of 1,600 copies, individually numbered, with complete text in Dutch and English. One additional gift in the same amount will help preorder volume 7 for East Africa to be issued in 2010. Volumes 1-4 are already out of print. Volume 5 was funded with a previous gift.
$560 for the Asian Library to purchase Meiji Taisho Bungeisho Somokuroku , a comprehensive index to the publications of literature and research published in Japan from 1868-1926. Two additional gifts of $560 each will help fund the acquisition of two other Japanese reference works including Bungei Zasshi Shosetsu Shosutsu Soran. Sakuhin hen, an index to Japanese novels published in art and literature magazines from 1945-2005 or Ansoroji Naivo Soran, an index to the anthologies of modern Japanese literature published 1997-2006.
$775 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase Renoir, catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels, drawings and watercolors: 1882-1894 . This is the second of a projected three-volume complete and scholarly catalogue of Auguste Renoir’s important oeuvre. Ricker Library owns the first volume. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, it is the major contribution to the Renoir literature of the past two decades. Renoir (1841-1919) was a principal member of the Impressionist circle and one of the most prolific artists of the period.
$800 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase Ephesos: Architecture, Monuments and Sculpture by Friedrich Krinzinger. Ephesos, located on the Aegean coast of Turkey, is the site of one of the most important Classical cities in the region. The scholars of the Austrian Archaeological Institute under the leadership of director, Friedrich Krinzinger, have written the texts based on their excavations and restorations at the site. The volume contains 143 sumptuous color plates consisting of panoramic views of the ancient city as well as images of monuments and sculpture.
$895 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase the two-volume work, The “Scuola Grande” of San Rocco in Venice . Scuola Grande of San Rocco is one of the most important Venetian religious confraternities formed in the 15th century devoted to the plague saint, St. Roch. The bulk of its fabulous decoration is owed to Tintoretto who was responsible for much of its decorative program in the 16th century. These volumes contain 402 color plates and form part of the celebrated series Mirabilia Italiae of which Ricker Library holds the previous 14 volumes. Acquisition of these volumes would bring the holdings up to date in Ricker Library. The hundreds of detailed color photographs are accompanied by critical essays from leading scholars in the field of Italian art and architectural history.
$900 for the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library to purchase the three-volume set of La Fabrique des Rougon-Macquart . These three volumes contain a complete facsimile and transcription of the documentation, observations, and manuscript drafts which Émile Zola, one of the most prominent French novelists of the 19th-century, compiled in preparation for his monumental twenty-novel cycle "Les Rougon-Macquart", which includes such novels as "Nana", "Germinal", and "Ladies' paradise".
$1,020 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase the three volumes of Franz Marc: the Complete Works by Annegret Hoberg. This is a key work on the German Expressionist painter and member of the group, Der Blaue Reiter. The catalogue covers all mediums in the career of this short-lived artist who died in World War I.
$1,095 for the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art to purchase Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel’s Versailles . Although Versailles has been the subject of many specialized studies in recent years, it has been quite sometime since a complete treatment appeared. This publication will cover all aspects of the Palace including architecture, painting, sculpture, and gardens in two magnificently photographed, oversized volumes.
$1,500 for the Illinois Natural History Survey Library to purchase one of the 300 limited-edition 300 copies of Linnaeus Apostles Global Science & Adventure . Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus inspired 17 of his scholars to travel abroad to document local nature and culture. They came to be known as the Linnaeus Apostles. This eight-volume set of 5,000 pages contains the accounts, illustrations, maps, and biographies of the Apostles. The limited edition includes the eight volumes, two genuine Tapa cloth samples from Tonga, gilded edged, and a unique number.
$1,500 for the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library to purchase the six most recent volumes of the Œuvres complètes de Montesquieu (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation). This set of the works of one of France’s most prominent authors will significantly enhance the Library’s collection about the French Enlightenment.
$1,500 for The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Kolb-Proust Archive for Research for expenses in connection with Tracing Proust , an exhibit showcasing items from the Library's outstanding collection of letters and manuscripts by Marcel Proust, France's greatest 20th century novelist. The donor will have their name listed in the gallery guide and will be invited for a special tour of the exhibit given by Caroline Szylowicz, the Kolb-Proust Librarian and French Subject Specialist. The exhibit opens at Krannert Art Museum on January 25, 2010.
$1,800 for The Modern Languages and Linguistics Library to purchase La Gran Obra de los Caminos de Santiago , an eight-volume set that provides a global vision of the Pilgrims’ Way to Santiago de Compostela in word and images. Faculty and students in medieval and religious studies will use this beautifully illustrated encyclopedia to study the history of the travels through northern Spain via a well-traveled path that is now considered one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
$3,500 for the Monographic Cataloging Team in Content Access Management to organize and classify a collection of 19th century publications on labor organizations and socialism in Dutch, German, and other European languages. The task would help provide additional hourly employment for a graduate student in Library and Information Science and make some rare materials not yet listed in the World Catalog available for scholars of this era of history.
$3,775 for the Library and Information Science Library to obtain perpetual online access to the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. The encyclopedia covers such topics as data mining, distance learning technologies, electronic government, the human side of information systems, mobile technologies, and virtual communities.
$4,000 for the John "Bud" Velde Conservation Laboratory to assist with an Illinois History and Lincoln Collections map project. 18 historic Illinois wall maps, including 13 published before 1900, are in desperate need of a new storage system. This need is especially timely as the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections will be relocated and consolidated. Prior to bound atlases, wall maps were used to locate boundaries and physical features of the state. For historic purposes, they help chart the early economic history of Illinois. Funds donated for this project will cover the construction of a customized wall-mounted storage system as well as the preparation of new acid-free wrappers designed to protect the maps from dust and debris. Long-term, this project will establish a precedent for a higher level of care for the Library's oversized archival materials.
$7,000 for Digital Content Creation to digitize a collection of
the original comic strip art boards of Nina Paley, an Urbana-born cartoonist and
animated filmmaker, whose award-winning animated film
Sita Sings the Blues was reviewed by Roger Ebert as "astonishingly original" and selected
by him for screening at Ebertfest 2009 in Champaign.
Her cartoon series include
Nina's Adventures (self-syndicated) and
Fluff (distributed internationally by Universal Press Syndicate).
Nina's Adventures was a semi-autobiographical, often experimental, alternative weekly
comic strip that delivered incisive commentary on consumerism, overpopulation, and other social
issues. Ms. Paley is interested in making her artwork openly and freely available for
distribution and reuse.
$7,800 for the Ricker Library of Art and Architecture to purchase the facsimile of The Bible Moralisée , a fifteenth century illumination by the Limbourg brothers, who were employed by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The volume will be utilized by art history faculty and students and will add to the Library’s extensive collection of biblical publications.
Other opportunities include funding display cases in the Main Library or the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music as well as study nooks in the Chemistry Library. Call (217) 333-5682 or email frey@illinois.edu for quotes on these projects.
To fund one of these items or to ask for additional titles in an area of interest, call (217) 333-5682 or email frey@illinois.edu.
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