A Message from the Dean

The University at Albany's Libraries stand at the center of intellectual and academic experience in the Capital Region-not only for the students and scholars who are a part of the University, but for the larger community as well.

Because this university is one of the four University Centers of the State of New York, the Libraries' resources are in great demand from diverse populations who use the Libraries on site and from great distances. State assistance to the University provides for only 23 percent of our budget-now, more than ever, we count on your support.

You have joined us in the past, sustaining and guiding our growth. Private support from generous, far-sighted donors has allowed us to build excellent research collections, fund special projects, and achieve specific programmatic or technological goals. Your support enabled us to undertake, in 1999, a Campaign for the Libraries to complete and equip our new Library facility, and to upgrade the existing University Libraries.

We count on you to help us build tomorrow's University Libraries. Join us in the challenge to make the University Libraries the measure of the University at Albany's vitality in the 21st century.

Frank D'Andraia
Dean and Director of Libraries