The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library of St. John's
University welcomes gifts and donations that support the academic
needs of our students and faculty, as well as the interests and
concerns of our members and sponsors. Gifts of books and other
materials expand and enhance our collections; monetary donations
allow us to improve our services. Donors may wish to designate
their grants to support a specific collection or activity or target
an area where there is a perceived need. See
Donor's Guide.
The Library requires funds to strengthen existing collections
and purchase materials. These funds enable us to purchase expensive
reference books, market research studies, journals, newsletters,
CD-ROM discs and obtain access to online databases. In order to provide the most effective information service, the
Library requires equipment to automate, thereby increasing access
to the collection. Access to multimedia resources on the Web
requires periodic upgrading of hardware and software, which is
becoming increasingly expensive and important. Our collection consists of books; periodicals; forms, policies
and contracts; laws and regulations; pamphlets; government
documents and other materials related to the insurance industry and
its role in global commerce. Many of these documents are currently
available only at this library, and a large percentage of this
material is in extremely fragile condition. Our Insurance Information Preservation Project
is a concerted effort to preserve these documents before a unique
and valuable history of insurance is lost forever. Several
organizations have responded generously to our grant proposal,
including the Starr Foundation, US Trust, and the American Marine
Insurance Forum.
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