Citations: NMSU Library Newsletter

              Citations       Vol. 14, No. 2     1     April 1999
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In This Issue:
Grants and Awards                        3
Library News Briefs                          3
Gifts for Engineering Resources     3
Electronic Reserve Room Opens   3
Staff News                                       4
Reading and Driving                      5
Are You Ready for Y2K?                 6
ILL/DDS Requests Simplified           7
Recent Publications                       7
Notes From the Dean                     8
 NMSU  Library Newsletter
Sciences departments for a broad, interdiscipli-
nary focus on how Native American, Hispanic,
Anglo, and other cultures have converged in the (NEH... continued on page 2)
As reported in the January 1998 Citations, the
NMSU Library and the University Museum joined
with NMSU s College of Arts and Sciences to
submit a grant proposal to the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant
Program for the establishment of a Southwest
and Border Cultures Institute on the NMSU
campus.  The proposal   the brainchild of Scott
Rushforth of NMSU s Department of Sociology
and Anthropology   was successful, and the
$450,000 grant was awarded to NMSU in Novem-
ber 1998.
According to Reed Dasenbrock, Director of the
Arts and Sciences Research Center and project
director, and Cynthia Hoffmann, project devel-
opment officer, the Institute will promote hu-
manities research, education, and outreach,
with special emphasis on understanding and
maintaining the unique multicultural heritage of
our region.  The Institute will bring together the
Library, the Museum, and several Arts and
border Southwest.  No funds will be used for
construction.
In order to make the Institute a reality, the Library
and its partners are committed to meeting the
challenge of matching the NEH funding 3 to 1 by
October 31, 2002, with $1,350,000 in nonfederal
funds to establish an endowment of $1,800,000
for the Institute s ongoing support.  The $450,000
NEH award includes $75,000 for the Library,
which must be matched with $225,000 to estab-
lish a $300,000 endowed fund for Library acquisi-
tions.  $15,000 in earnings will be available
annually from the Library Acquisitions Fund in
mini-grants to researchers for the purchase of
materials to support humanities research and
outreach activities in Southwest and border
cultures.
Library, Museum, and Arts and Sciences faculty
and staff are working to meet the match
through activities such as phonathons, mailings,
programs, events, additional grant proposals,
         Library a Partner in $450,000
   Humanities Challenge Grant Award
In an interview in the September 1998 issue of
American Libraries, NEH Chairman William
Ferris states that he “sees funding for libraries
on the rise.”