Since 1966, UMKC Friends of the Libraries have presented the Libraries and the UMKC community with an Annual Gift for the purchase of new library resources. For the 44th Annual Gift, presented on April 15, 2009 at the Boulevard Brewing Company, the Friends donated $37,000 for books, videos, recordings, periodical backfiles, music scores, and the UMKC Friends of the Library Scholarship Endowment Fund. The Annual Gift is made possible through membership dues and booksale proceeds. Proposals are now being accepted for 2010 requests. Click on the highlighted text to download the 2010 Grant Guidelines and Proposal Form. The deadline for submission is January 11, 2010. Awards will be announced at our annual celebration in the spring.  This donation... not only supports student work but it also demonstrates support for one of our burgeoning fields at UMKC.” - Dr. Virginia Blanton, Assoc. Professor of English, UMKC. For 2009 the Friends received twenty-one proposals totaling over $26,000. The Selections Committee gives careful consideration to each proposal and may recommend no, full, or partial funding. This year, all twenty one proposals will receive funds.

“This donation... not only supports student work but it also demonstrates support for one of our burgeoning fields at UMKC.” - Dr. Virginia Blanton, Assoc. Professor of English, UMKC. Click here to read Dr. Blanton's letter describing the importance of the Friends gift.

2009 Friends Selection Committee
Steve Paul (Chair)
Oliver Burnette
Jane Greer
Peggy Arthurs
Sylvia Farnsworth

Advisors
Sharon L. Bostick, Dean of Libraries
Bonnie Postlethwaite, Associate Dean of Libraries
Brenda Dingley, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections
Steve Alleman, Head of Collections

2009 Funded Proposals:

Area Studies

• 40 monographs on the history of the ancient world. Dr. James Falls, Associate Professor of History and Dr. Jeff Rydberg-Cox, Professor of English and Classics, College of Arts & Sciences.  $1,767.40.  (Original request $1,902.35.)_09-A1
• 1 book on ethnographic methods and 5 films on the nature and cause of conflict amongst ethnically divided groups. Dr. Shannon M. Jackson, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences.  $1,089.70._09-A2
• 1 biography on the life and work of French Architect Le Corbusier and 3 urban planning Data Sets. Michael Frisch, PhD, AICP, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Design,  Department of Architecture, College of Arts & Sciences.  $2,890.00.  _09-A3

• 11 volumes of annual publication; Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research.  Georgia Smedley,  Assistant Professor of Accounting, Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Chris Le Beau, Business Reference Librarian, Reference Department, University Libraries. $988.00. _09-B1

• Complete set of back issues of referred journal:  NAN NÜ: Men, Women and Gender in Early Imperial China.  Dr. Jessey J.C. Choo, Assistant Professor, History Department, College of Arts & Science, and Patrick M. Bickers, Monographic Acquisitions Librarian, Acquisitions Department, University Libraries. $200.00.  (Original request $880.00.)   _09-C1

• 36 works of late 20th Century prose in translation from internationally renowned writers; German, Spanish, Russian, Italian and Chinese. Christie Hodgen, Assistant Professor, English Department, College of Arts & Sciences. $446.41. (Original request $460.00.) _09-D1
• 4 books and 39 DVDs in Latin American subjects.  Viviana L. Grieco, Assistant Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences and  Patrick M. Bickers, Monographic Acquisitions Librarian, Acquisitions Department, University Libraries.  $1,387.68.(Original request $1,467.54.)     _09-D2
• 4 Books and 15 DVDs in Asian American, Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Native American film and film criticism. Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, Assistant Professor, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences.  $ 967.84. _09-D3

• 10 books published by the Institute of Medicine on relevant and topical subjects for nursing and medicine.  Susan Sykes Berry, Health Sciences Library Instruction Reference Librarian, University Libraries.  $324.75  _09-E1
• Measures in Health Psychology Portfolio, providing measures for behavior and attitudes to illness and healthcare.  Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Director of Health Sciences Libraries, University Libraries.  $1, 500.00 (Original request  $530.00). _09-E2
• Handbook Of Head And Neck Imaging: Handbooks in Radiology Series.  Dr. Jerald Katz, Director, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, and Ann Marie Corry, Dental Librarian, Dental Library, University Libraries. $1,300.00.  _09-E3

• 27 DVDs on topics relating to modern & postmodern dance. Paula Weber, Associate Professor and Chair of Dance, Conservatory of Music and Dance.  $3,399.00.  (Original request $3,973.00.)  _09-F1
• Flute music and flute-related resources (3 books, 13 scores and 2 recordings).  Dr. Mary Posses, Associate Professor of Flute, Conservatory of Music and Dance. $471.05.  _09-F2
• 24 vocal scores to support research on music for solo voice with single instrument. Dr. Rebecca Sherburn, Associate Professor of voice, Conservatory of Music and Dance. $569.41. _09-F3
• Recordings, books and scores to support Music and Minimalism. S. Andrew Granade, PhD, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Conservatory of Music and Dance. $1,578.25. (Original request $1,626.19.)  _09-F4

• Two titles on American demographics in hardcopy with PDF electronic format, part of marketing series from New Strategist Publications. Chris Le Beau, Business Reference Librarian, Reference Department, University Libraries. $520.00. _09-G1
• The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austin (last 6 volumes).  Joan FitzPatrick Dean, Curators’ Teaching Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences. $600.00. _09-G2

• 19 books covering key fields in astrophysics, in support of expanded programs in astronomy and astrophysics. Dr. Daniel McIntosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian, Reference Department, University Libraries. $1,099.00.  _09-H1

• 4 multi-volume sets on the subject of research methods for the social sciences. Dr. Deborah Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Dr. Linda Breytspraak, Department Chairperson and Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Arts & Sciences. $4,200.00.  _09-I1
• 7 books and 1 DVD to support the Criminal Justice & Criminology Department programs for undergraduate and graduate classes.   Kristin Bechtel, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Arts & Sciences. $238.16. (Original Request $328.81.)   _09-I2
• 20 books covering personal experience of disability issues to support Disability Studies across multiple disciplines. Dr. Arnold Abels, Associate Director and Training Director, UMKC Counseling Center, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian, Reference Department, University Libraries . $853.00. (Original request $903.00.) _09-I3