Former librarian donates rare book collection

Anonymous Patron writes “According to the Portland (ME) Press Herald:

“The library’s collection at the University of Southern Maine is a little bit bigger these days thanks to a gift from an employee.

The university announced Friday that Albert Howard, a cataloger who has worked at the library for 34 years, donated his collection of 1,200 rare books, which date as far back as 1553.

The gift is a tremendous boost to the library’s collection, officials say, and will be valuable to many students at the school, especially those working on graduate degrees.”

Read the full story here.“