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Thank you for helping the
Panama Canal Museum Collection
at the University of Florida grow.
With your support, we can meet the challenges
and opportunities of the next century and build
a library of distinction at our great university.
Panama Canal Museum
Collection at UF
Books of Honor
Panama Canal Museum
Collection at the
University of Florida
Please select the wording for your bookplate(s) and
print the appropriate information:
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In Celebration of
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In Memory of
Given by
(leave blank if you do not wish your name to be
printed on bookplate)
PO Box 117000
Gainesville FL 32611-7000
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In Honor of
George A. Smathers Libraries
Libraries are not made – they grow.
Augustine Birrell (1821-1876)
The scholarship of future students,
faculty, alumni and friends depends
on a library collection that is maintained
in its excellence and accessibility.
placed inside each new book and in the online catalog
with your name and the name of a special person in
whose honor the book has been purchased. Your gift will
support a critical acquisitions need while paying a lasting
tribute to a loved one, friend, professor, graduate, parent
or colleague.
Focus on Excellence
When you make your gift to the George A. Smathers
Libraries’ Books of Honor Fund, a letter of acknowledgement and a copy of the bookplate will be sent to you
and the honoree or his or her family.
The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
ranks consistently in the top 40 research libraries in
the nation. This is a great achievement, but one that
is becoming more challenging to reach. Although the
UF Libraries depends on state funding to sustain its
operations, state dollars are proving to be increasingly
insufficient to provide for adequate collection growth. In
this environment, private support provides the “margin
of excellence” that helps keep the libraries among the
nation’s best. The generosity of parents, alumni, faculty
and friends has been essential in enabling the libraries
to continue to offer the wealth of resources needed by
students and scholars in the community.
In order for the UF Libraries to be able to continue to
offer a scholarly research environment that will foster
excellence, it must continue to acquire new and timely
materials in all disciplines to the greatest extent possible.
UF’s success depends in large measure on the excellence
and accessibility of its library resources.
Books of Honor Fund
In response to these concerns, the Books of Honor Fund
was created to ensure that students and faculty have the
library resources that are crucial to their studies and
teaching. The fund was established to guarantee the UF
community the essential resources needed to maintain
the quality of education, learning and creativity that it has
come to expect.
You are invited to participate in the program by providing
the libraries with the gift of new books in the subject area
of your choosing (Panama Canal Museum Collection,
Latin American Collection, arts, humanities, science
and engineering or social sciences). A bookplate will be
The Opportunities
$100
Adds to the Books of Honor Fund and plates
one book for the Panama Canal Museum
Collection, the Latin American Collection,
or in the fine arts, humanities, science and
engineering, or social sciences.
$250
Adds to the Books of Honor Fund and plates
three books.
$500
Adds to the Books of Honor Fund and plates
six books.
$30,000+ Establishes a named endowment that plates
books in perpetuity in a specific discipline
with a custom designed bookplate. A pledge
at this level may be fulfilled over a period of
up to five years.
Collection endowments and other gifts may be funded
through a gift of cash or appreciated stock. Other types
of gifts can help you enhance your retirement, care for a
loved one or friend and minimize income or estate taxes.
Naming the George A. Smathers Libraries as beneficiary
of your qualified retirement plan [401(k), 403(b), IRA
or KEOGH] through the UF Foundation, Inc. may be
particularly advantageous, as doing so may result in
more assets being passed on to your heirs than if you
make a bequest from other funds in your estate. If you
would like to receive more information on planned giving
opportunities, please fill in the attached response form.
Yes! I/We wish to help the Panama Canal
Museum Collection at the University of
Florida grow with a donation
Book Subject:
m Panama Canal Museum Collection
m Latin American Collection
m Fine Arts
m Humanities
m Science and Engineering
m Social Sciences
Payment Information:
m $100 for the plating of one book
m $250 for the plating of three books
m $500 for the plating of six books
m Other
The University of Florida Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit
organization. Gifts to UFF are eligible for a charitable contribution deduction.
Donor:
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
E-mail
Telephone
Please send notification of my gift to:
Name
Address
City
State
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m I have enclosed a check payable to the UFF/PCM
Friends #017863
Employees of the University of Florida may wish to take
advantage of the payroll deduction process to provide their
level of support. m Check here for payroll deduction
Please mail form to the Office of Development,
University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117000, Gainesville, FL 32611-7000.
To make a gift with a credit card, please call the UF
Foundation’s Gift Processing toll-free number:
1-877-351-2377 (and mention fund #017863) OR fill in the
information below and mail directly to UF Foundation, Gift
Processing Dept, P.O. Box 14425, Gainesville, FL 32604.
m Visa m MasterCard m Discover m American Express
Account Number
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I would like more information about:
m Planned giving m Collection endowment
m Other library initiatives
For additional information, please call Katie Boudreau,
Director of Development, at (352) 273-2505.
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