American University Library has several Dvelopment or Gift Funds set up that are used to purchase materials for the collection. Some of these funds are to be used only for purchasing books. These books are identified as gifts by a note in the catalog and our affixing special bookplates. Once it has been determined that money from one of these funds will be used to purchase books, bookplates are made and sent to our book vendor, Coutts Ingrams. Coutts will affix the bookplates to approval books. Once the books have arrived in the library, either Acquisitions staff or Cataloging staff will add a note to the 505 field with the bookplate inscription.
These funds are:
Lewis Alexander Fund Scholarship
505 & Bookplate to read "This resource is brought to you by the Lewis Alexander Fund"
Class of '32 Library Fund
505 & Bookplate to read "This resource is brought to you by the Class of 1932's Endowed Library Fund"
Class of '42 Library Fund
505 & Bookplate to read "This resource is brought to you by the Class of 1942's Endowed Library Fund"
Estate of Lee Somers
505 & Bookplate to read "This book purchased for the American University through a bequest by Lee Somers, M.C.S. 1922, Ph.D. 1926 and Pauline Floyd Summers, LL.B 1918"
Samuel & Lucy Keker Library Fund
505 & Bookplate to read "This resource is brought to you by the Samuel and Lucy Keker Endowed Library Fund"