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Everyone has a library story. What’s yours?
From scrolls to screens (and everything in between), we find delight in stories every day.
A warm introduction is the best beginning – we inspire tomorrow’s stories through our inclusive services and spaces.
Our quest: to empower exploration and spark crucial conversations. Will you help shape our library story?
Your gift starts our next chapter, which begins with words of gratitude: “Thank you.”
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Make your gift online or contact Ashley Orr, assistant to the dean, at aorr01@udayton.edu or at 937-229-4266.
- Dean’s Fund for Excellence: Gifts are directed where they are needed the most — conservation, student programs, guest speakers, technology, special exhibitions and more.
- Marian Library: Your gift helps make Mary better known, loved and served through exhibitions, art, research, education, collections and curricula.
- Archives and Special Collections: Fund much-needed digital archiving projects, climate controls, storage facilities, preservation, conservation, and items necessary to run excellent archives and special collections.

Rooms in Roesch Library offer a quiet place to reflect, study and even socialize. During finals week, students used two freshly updated rooms thanks to a gift from John and Rosanne Strittmatter to honor their loved ones.
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Willis “Bing” Davis makes a lasting impression on everyone he meets — from school-age children to my 97-year-old father, from scholars and artists far and wide to community leaders.
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What was student life like in the 1950s, '60s and '70s? Recently digitized student newspapers will take you there.
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