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Reports on the acquisitions of the papers of William Maxwell, an editor at `The New Yorker' by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Contents of the papers.

The article offers information on several topics related to library grants and acquisitions. It mentions that the University of Miami (UM) was given 2.4 million dollars donation by the Goizueta Foundation to support a plan that will enhance the Otto G. Richter Library's Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC). The Newberry Library has received grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to catalog French pamphlets from its collections including French Revolution Collection. The Columbia University Libraries has acquired the papers and library of Edward W. Said, a popular author, educator, and public intellectual.

This article presents news briefs related to the American Library Association (ALA). The ALA International Papers Session is to be held in Chicago, Illinois, on June 25, 2005. The International Relations office will once again match librarians who would like to mentor an international colleague to make the ALA Conference a rewarding experience for international attendiees. The library of the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Campaign, has shown interest in developing a clearinghouse of global resources for the classroom.

Provides information on several public libraries and art facilities in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Public Library; Newberry Library; Polish Museum of America Library; Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts.

Mentions collections of book-related items in the United States. Memorabilia from Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and Edgar Rice Burroughs in storage in the library's meeting room in Oak Park, Illinois; Acquisition of papers of philosopher Eric Hoffer by Stanford University's Hoover Institution in California.