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 43rd Annual Gift, presented on April 16 at the Blue Room, the Friends donated nearly $35,000 for books, videos,recordings, satellite images, periodical backfiles, and music scores.  The Annual Gift is made possible through membership dues and booksale proceeds.

This year the Friends received twenty-eight proposals totaling over $40,000. The Selections Committee gives careful consideration to each proposal, and in some cases, recommends partial funding of proposals. 25 proposals were selected for funding by the Selections Committee on April 1. The cumulative amount of the Annual Gifts exceeds $1.2 million.

Friends Selection Committee
Steve Paul (Chair) 
Oliver Burnette
Jane Greer
Mark Laverentz
Mary Taylor

Advisors 
Sharon L. Bostick, Dean of Libraries
Bonnie Postlethwaite, Associate Dean of Libraries
Brenda Dingley, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections
Patrick Bickers, Monographic Acquisitions Librarian

Funded Proposals:

AREA STUDIES
Additional volumes of the Early English Texts Series.  Dr. Virginia Blanton, Associate Professor of English.  $9,719.55.(Original request $11,066.25.)  08-A1
31 monographs on the history of the ancient world.  Dr. James Falls, Associate Professor of History, and Dr. Jeff Rydberg-Cox, Associate Professor of English. $1901.88.  08-A2
Back catalog editions of Zoning News/Zoning Practice, 1984-2007.  Dr. Joy D. Swallow, AIA, Chair, and Dr. Michael Frisch, AICP, Professor, Department of Architecture, Urban Planning & Design.  Partially funded for $1440. (Original request $2880.) 08-A3

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Satellite images of the Kansas City area. Dr. Wei Ji, Professor of Geosciences, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian. $2000.(Total cost is $10,000.  $2000 from FOL, $4000 from Information Services, and $4000 from the University Libraries.) 08-H1
16 GIS and remote sensing books. Dr. Wei Ji, Professor of Geosciences, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian. $1109.35. 08-H2
The Linnaeus Apostles: Global Science & Adventure (8 vols. in 11 books). Dr. Daniel Hopkins, Associate Professor of Geosciences, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian.  $1200. 08-H3
10 books on climate change. Dr. Daniel Hopkins, Associate Professor of Geosciences, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian. $912.35. 08-H4
4 books on the physical geography of Asia and Europe. Dr. Daniel Hopkins, Associate Professor of Geosciences, and Rebecca Power, Reference Librarian.  $1189. 08-H5

HUMANITIES
14 books, 6 films and 4 other works on Asian American literaure, film and literary criticism.  Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, Assistant Professor of English.  $1000. (Original request $736.45.) 08-D1
East German (DEFA) Film Collection for new course on East German Film.  Dr. Larson Powell, Assistant Professor of German. $1563.75. (Total cost is $3163.75. $1563.75 from FOL, $1600 from Foreign Languages and Literatures Department.) 08-D3
Theoretical studies, novels and films in Francophone Studies. Dr. Nacer Khelouz, Visiting Assistant Professor of French. $1135.51. 08-D4
Books of contemporary literature.  Michelle Boisseau, Professor and Director of Creative Writing.  $1000.  (Original request $2477.12.) 08-D5

SOCIAL SCIENCES
12 books and DVDs on teaching English as a second language. Michael Wei, PhD, TESOL Program, Department of Curriculum and Educational Leadership.  $1304.05. 08-I1
10 films on Anthropology, to support a new department emphasis. Shannon M. Jackson, Associate Professor of Anthropology. Partially funded for $900. (Original request $1819.95.) 08-I2
2 "Reframing Discipline" educational videos.  Dr. Sue Vartuli, Chair and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Educational Leadership.  $990. 08-I3
Video series Preventing Discipline Problems, 3 units.  Dr. Sue Vartuli, Chair and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Educational Leadership.  $990. (Original request $1485.  $990 from FOL and $495 from University Libraries.)  08-I4

MUSIC/MEDIA
Brass chamber music pieces for student ensembles - 13 brass quintets and 4 brass quartets.  Dr. JoDee Davis, Associate Professor of Trombone. $519.80. 08-F1
Flute music, chamber music, books and recordings (6 printed materials and 3 recordings). Dr. Mary Posses, Associate Professor of Flute.  $262.25. 08-F2
One set of CD-ROMs and support cards on vocal parts, vocal health, respiration and speech articulation.  Aidan Soder, DMA, Assistant Professor of Voice.  $460. 08-F3
Books and films to support new "Music and Film" course. Andrew Granade, PhD, Assistant Professor of Musicology. $339.21. 08-F4

REFERENCE
Atlas of the World's Languages.  Diane Hunter, Head of Reference Services and Library Instruction, and Melissa Muth, Reference Coordinator.  $555. 08-G2
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film, electronic edition.  Diane Hunter, Head of Reference Services and Library Instruction. $862. 08-G3
Encyclopedia of Sex & Gender and Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia. Miriam Forman-Brunell, Professor of History.  $779. 08-G4

MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES
12 books on pain and pain management.  Dr. Brett Ferguson, Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Ann Marie Corry, Dental Librarian.  $1972.2. 08-E1
19 titles on qualitative research in nursing.  Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Health Sciences Librarian.  $895.10. 08-E2