hanks to a $1 million gift from longtime university friend and supporter, Audrey S. Geisel, the University of California, San Diego, will establish the Audrey Geisel University Librarianship, the inaugural holder of which will be UCSD’s chief librarian, Brian E. C. Schottlaender. The librarianship represents the first of its kind in San Diego County, and one of only a few such university positions on the West Coast.
The gift will provide valuable discretionary funding to enhance and expand the resources and services of UC San Diego Libraries to accommodate the growing information and educational needs of students, faculty, campus departments and the greater San Diego community and region.
Geisel, widow of author Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, has had a longstanding relationship with UCSD, donating more than 8,000 of her late husband’s original drawings, sketches, books and other memorabilia to the university libraries. In 1995, UCSD’s Central Library was renamed Geisel Library in honor of the renowned author and his widow’s devoted support of the university.
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