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Davenport advised the audience not
to think she created the endowment only so that people could go
out and be educated and bring back the information. She imagines
it being more of a promotional tool.
"I think they need to go out
and strut their stuff," Davenport said. "There are wonderful
things happening here. You have a staff of whom you should be justly
proud. I want them to get the word out about what this institution
is doing."
The endowment has been named after
Virginia Taylor Perry, a former head of circulation that nurtured
Davenport while she was a WVU student and worked in the library.
"She taught me an appreciation
of working in an intellectual institution and the role that libraries
and library services play in supporting the faculty," Davenport
said.
Endowments for travel are especially
helpful gifts because the coffers for travel are usually low, if
not dry.
"Developing a highly skilled
and flexible staff with a strong service orientation is one of the
Libraries' top priorities. It was wonderful of Nancy Davenport to
recognize that with her gift," WVU Libraries Dean Frances O'Brien
said.
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