Friends of the UNCG Libraries

On September 22, 2016 the Libraries celebrated receiving a $1,000 grant from  Sisters in Crime , a national organization devoted to supporting women crime writers.  The Libraries will use the funds to enhance the  Robbie Emily Dunn Collection of American Detective Fiction  in Special Collections and University Archives. Pictured here are members of the  North Carolina Triad Chapter  of Sisters in Crime presenting the check to Dr. Keith Gorman, Assistant Dean for Special Collections and University Archives and Kathryn Crowe, Interim Dean. Chris Roerden, President of the chapter is first row, far right.

The University Libraries have been awarded a We Love Libraries grant from Sisters in Crime , an organization of professional women mystery writers.  The grant will be used to support the Robbie Emily Dunn Collection of American Detective Fiction , one of our Special Collections. University Libraries employees displaying books by Sisters in Crime luminary Margaret Maron, whose papers are on long term loan to UNCG The University Libraries will celebrate receipt of the grant at an event at 4 -5:30 pm on September 22, 2016 in the Hodges Reading Room.  The presentation will be made the Sisters in Crime chapter in High Point, NC, called Murder We Write .