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Student Life Endowment Assists Library

With partial funding from the Student Life Endowment Fund, several areas at the Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries will receive accessibility upgrades.

The funds received from this endowment will:

• provide upgraded control panels inside the elevators at the Dana Porter Library, making them more accessible for wheelchair access

• create new large-print, range-end signs for Dana Porter Library's 5th floor, making materials easier to locate

• enable the purchase of approximately 75 new ergonomic study chairs for the Davis Centre Library

Since 2003, the Library has actively been working towards rejuvenating its facilities through a series of renovations. The overall goal is to support and enhance the education and research of the UW community by offering access to the most innovative library facilities, services, and resources.

The assistance from the Student Life Endowment Fund helps the Library in its quest to secure a $750,000 Challenge Grant from the Kresge Foundation. Under the terms of this grant, the Library must raise the balance of funds ($2.8 million) needed by December 2006 in order to complete renovations at the Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries. The Library is now over half way to meeting its goal.

For more information, please contact:

Mary Stanley
Manager, Library Communications and Development
Ext. 36019

University of Waterloo Library
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4883

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