Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Demo Planned

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West Virginia University at Parkersburg
300 Campus Drive Parkersburg WV 26104
Phone: 304-424-8203 | Fax: 304-424-8315

College to present demonstration on accessing, using Foundation Center Cooperating Collection.

CONTACT: Stephen Hupp, Library Director, 304-424-8260.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

West Virginia University at Parkersburg will present a demonstration Saturday (April 30) on how to access and use a new comprehensive fundraising resource center housed in its library.

The demonstration of the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday (April 30) in the college library. It is free and open to the public. Co-sponsors of the demonstration are the WVU Parkersburg Library staff and the Friends of the WVU Parkersburg Library.

The demonstration will cover the collection's 27 title reference collection on grants and grant writing as well as its online database of 80,000 foundations.

The Foundation Center Cooperating Collection at WVU at Parkersburg is only the second complete collection established in the state of West Virginia. There are more than 230 Cooperating Collections nationwide.

WVU Parkersburg's Cooperating Collection is available to area residents whenever the college library is open. Additional information is available by contacting library director Stephen Hupp at 424-8260.

The WVU at Parkersburg Foundation, WVU Parkersburg Library, and Parkersburg Area Community Foundation serve as the planning team for the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection. The collection is sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund, the Bernard McDonough Foundation, the WV Credit Union Foundation, and Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates.

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For additional information, contact:
Connie Dziagwa
WVU Parkersburg
Executive Director
Communications/Public Relations
(304-424-8203)