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David H. Murdock Institute for Business and Culture Donates $50,000 Towards Flood Relief at UH Mānoa’s Hamilton Library

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The David H. Murdock Institute for Business and Culture recently donated $50,000 to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa through the UH Foundation for flood relief efforts at Hamilton Library. The institute is the private foundation of David H. Murdock, chairman and CEO of Dole Food Company and Castle & Cooke, Inc.

In this great time of need at Hamilton Library, we are especially grateful to Mr. Murdock for his very generous gift, said UHM University Librarian Diane Perushek. Our equipment and refurbishment needs span maps and CD-ROMS to furniture and computers. This gift will help us in many areas including equipment, computers and scholarly resources which are all important in helping our faculty and students use our collections.

Volunteers and staff at Hamilton Library continue their recovery efforts of the damage caused by the flash flooding that occurred October 30, 2004. The flood destroyed the Library and Information Science program as well as the acquisitions, cataloging, GovDocs and map collection departments. Also lost in the flood were all library file servers.

On January 3, 2005, the Hamilton Library Addition reopened to the public. This provided students and the general public access to the Science/Technology book stacks, periodicals and the Hamilton CLIC (student computer) lab on the 2nd floor. However, due to continuing lack of power and flood damage, Phase I, Phase II and other sections of the library remain closed. The library’s paging system will continue for materials located in these areas.

Donations for Hamilton Library’s flood disaster relief are being accepted through a library enrichment fund with the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. The Foundation has established two online giving web site pages to accept monetary donations in support of flood relief efforts and damages. One account is the Library Enrichment & Flood Relief fund and the other account is the UH Mānoa Flood Damage Fund, for general campus-wide support for flood relief:

Library Enrichment & Relief Fund: www.uhf.hawaii.edu/libraryrelief

Campus-wide Relief Fund: www.uhf.hawaii.edu/floodrelief

Donations can also be made by mail by making checks payable to:
UHF - UHM Flood Damage Fund
and/or
the UHF - Library Enrichment Fund

And mailing them to:

UH Foundation
P. O. Box 11270
Honolulu, Hi 96828-0270

About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.