Library West, the humanities and social sciences library, reopened in August 2006 after extensive renovation and expansion.

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Warmest Thoughts and Best Wishesfor the Holiday Season

and a Very Happy New Year

Dale B. Canelas and the staff of the

University of Florida Libraries

Research and learning are at the heart of the educational process. Basic to the university’s purpose is an archive, record of what has been learned, to serve as a resource for both research by scholars and learning by students. Libraries archive that record and provide access to it in systematic ways that support different disciplines. Libraries are the vital center of university life, selecting, storing, organizing and protecting ideas needed by academic programs for constant reuse.

Thus, great libraries, that is, libraries that effectively support all the varied intellectual interests of their scholars, facilitate student and faculty productivity and creativity, and in doing so, the university gains recognition for its high quality.

Dale B. Canelas