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Barbara B. Fischler Society

Gifts to the Barbara B. Fischler Society enhance the cultural life of the University Library and the Community.

Named for the University Librarian who spearheaded the development effort for our current University Library building, the Barbara B. Fischler Society provides funding for special events and special acquisitions. These special contributions give us the opportunity to share fascinating exhibits, lectures, rare books, and artwork with our patrons and the community.

In fall 2005, The Fischler Society supports Women in the Professions: An Exploration of Choice and Challenge. Library visitors can tour several exhibits: Petticoats and Slide Rules: Women in the Engineering Profession, A Woman's Healing Hands, and The Jessie Grove Scrapbook, an online exhibit. The displays depicts women's noteworthy contributions to the fields of engineering, technology, science and medicine.

The intercommunication events Women in the Professions: Who Moves, Who Stays, and Why Some of Us Choose to Stay Home; Women in the Medical Professions: A Conversation with Girls; Women in the Professions: A Cross-Generational Dialog encourage women and IUPUI and local middle schools students to exchange views on women's careers and the impact career choices have on women's lives.

The Society supported the 10th Anniversary events and exhibits, and funds the Annual IUPUI University Library Art Competition. It also provides funds for the purchase of rare and special books for the library's collection. Fischler Society members enjoy special invitations and benefits as a result of their annual gifts.

To join the Barbara B. Fischler Society, make an annual gift of $1000 to the University Library and note that you wish the gift restricted to the Fischler Society. Call 317-278-2338 for further information.

 

Honor with Books

Honor With Books is an opportunity to dedicate a book listed in the IUCAT (University Library electronic catalog) to someone important to you: your spouse, your teacher, your friend, or anyone whose name you’d like to honor. Each book can have only one dedication and each book retains the dedication for its lifetime. The dedication will appear in the IUCAT listing for your book and read “In honor of (YOUR HONOREE’S NAME) by (YOUR NAME).”

Your dedication will be acknowledged in these special ways:

• A letter sent to the person you honor announcing that he or she has been honored by you, including a copy of the dedication
• A thank you letter and receipt sent to you including a copy of the dedication
• A blank Honor With Books note card sent to you on which you may write a personal note to your honoree
• Recognition in the University Library’s newsletter and on the UL website

The cost of this legacy of gratitude is only $50.

To “Honor With Books,” call 317-278-2338.

 

Naming Opportunites

Put a name on the IUPUI University Library.

A naming opportunity gift is a grand tribute to another, or a statement of the donor’s most cherished interests. The University Library offers naming opportunities in these categories:

Endowment Opportunities:

The Deanship	$3,000,000
The University Archivist	$2,000,000
Librarianships (Donor selected areas of interest)	$1,000,000
Graduate Assistantship	$200,000

Spaces in this place:

The Building, centerpiece of the IUPUI campus	$15,000,000
Levels 3 and 4, the stacks	$1,500,000
The Atrium, the soaring three-story heart of the building	$1,000,000
The Grand Staircase, limestone, glass and aluminum, climbing four stories	$1,000,000
The Great Window, inspiration for the library logo	$1,000,000
The Patio, front entranceway and garden	$1,000,000
The Circulation Desk	$500,000
The Reference Desk	$200,000
The Archives Reading Room	$200,000
The Computer Classroom	$200,000
Large Conference Rooms	$100,000
Class Rooms	$100,000
Lounge areas	$100,000
Small Conference Rooms	$75,000
Large group study rooms	$30,000
Corner group study rooms	$20,000
Small group study rooms	$15,000
Faculty study rooms	$15,000
Faculty offices	$15,000
IUCAT stations and e-mail stations	$5000
Computer work stations	$3000-5000
Graduate Study Carrells	$3000
Undergraduate Study Carrells	$2000

Collections:

Donor selected areas of interest in consultation with the appropriate librarian

Minimum of $10,000

Is there something else you’d like to name? A spot in the library we haven’t mentioned, a program, a position? Call the development office at 317-278-2338 for a discussion of other naming possibilities.