Fourth Floor
On Wednesday Gary and Angie Souza from Facilities
Management presented the plan for the fourth floor to the AHSC Deans and the
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences.
There was much discussion and a request to modify our proposal. We are now working on a plan to put fewer
study carrels on the fourth floor, leaving some open space for events. We will be proposing new furniture for the
purple room and adding a few new carrels to the 3rd floor.
Purple Room
Card readers have been installed on both doors to
the purple room with the intention of limiting use to AHSC students only. Unfortunately the readers are not
working. We have found a way to leave
the room unlocked so that it is available for study as it has been in the past
until the readers start working.
Fund Raising
This year the library was included in the campus
“spring appeal.” Letters were sent to
4,431 alumni and previous donors to the library asking for donations to support
the AHSL. As this was our first mailing,
the response rate was about one third of the overall university rate. We actually spent more on the mailing than we
took in. However, we covered almost 40%
of our costs and gained valuable information about what groups are more likely
to respond favorably and we were able to add new donors to our list. Our plan is to participate next year when we
will send letters to previous donors and to groups who were the most positive
this year. Over time we hope to build a
base of donors.
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