Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 22, 2006|Volume 35, Number 3

The computers and printers were loaded at the Yale Library Shelving Facility in Hamden and will help Dillard University in New Orleans get back on its feet.

Yale Library donates computers
to hurricane-damaged university

In collaboration with the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, the Yale University Library has shipped 90 donated computers and 10 printers to New Orleans as part of its support for Dillard University students whose campus was destroyed last summer by Hurricane Katrina.

"The 90 Dell personal computers, 2 Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet printers and 8 public printers were donated from libraries across the Yale University Library system," says Karen Reardon, manager of web, workstation and digital consulting services at the Yale Library. Reardon worked closely with Tony Ferraiolo, manager of shipping and receiving for the Yale Library, and Diane Young Turner, associate University librarian for human resources, staff training and security, to coordinate the gathering of supplies to send to New Orleans.

Turner, a Louisiana native who will visit the Dillard University campus this fall, comments, "I am very pleased that we have been able to make this much-needed contribution that ties directly to Dillard's reopening. It will go a long way toward the rebuilding process."

"I am absolutely delighted to be able to make this contribution to re-establishing the facilities at Dillard," adds University librarian Alice Prochaska. "This gift goes to them with the heartfelt wishes of the Yale University Library staff. I think I can speak for all of us in expressing admiration for Dillard's spirit and resolve."

Monetary donations given to the New Haven Community Foundation, which were specifically allocated for the support of Katrina victims, were used to the ship the computers and printers via United Parcel Service to New Orleans. Laura Berry, senior vice president for philanthropic services at the Community Foundation, said, "People in Greater New Haven felt a powerful need to rally around our neighbors to the south whose lives had been torn apart by Katrina. The Community Foundation did what community foundations do best: We provided a venue and mechanism for action-oriented community leaders to combine their time, treasure and talent to address community needs."

Dillard University reopened on Sept. 15, although the school's library won't open until mid-October. Tommy Holton, dean of the Dillard University Library, said that the staff and students at the school are extremely appreciative of the support demonstrated through the donation of the computers and printers as they attempt to recover from a difficult time.

While Dillard normally has a freshman class of about 650 students, 250 freshmen arrived for the start of this year. As is the case for the rest of the city of New Orleans, it will take time to rebuild, Dillard administrators note.

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