Actually, as of June 20th of this year, that number became 55. I received a call that day asking if I had had any dealings with somebody named Elizabeth McAloney. No one currently at the College knew Mrs. McAloney either. I am curious to know more about her. It's sometimes said that the best good deed is one which the doer is unaware of and I am glad we expect ourselves to be supportive of our users to the point that we take it for granted.
Donations come in many other ways, too.
The Friends of the Library have volunteered their services to put on an annual booksale for the past 25 years. And the books that are sold there come from dozens of other supporters. And before books are consigned to the sale, many of them are added to the library collection. One particular benefit is the opportunity to replace worn out copies of books from the library's shelves with more pristine copies from these personal collections. And the Friends of the Library support some of our programs and fulfill some special requests with the proceeds of the book sale.