We add books to the collection, with a bookplate, as recognition of campus accomplishments.
Whenever a library employee earns a degree, we add a book in their honor.
These are added in an Internal Note, e.g.:
Internal Note: Please add bookplate: “In honor of Cindi Nichols in recognition of her completion of Library Support Staff Certification, sponsored by the American Library Association, in December 2015.”
Every spring in conjunction with Faculty Convocation, the university issues a series of faculty awards, like the Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award.
If there is an awards dinner, etc., we try to rush order the books and have them cataloged and plated before the dinner.
These are added in an Internal Note, e.g.:
Internal Note: Please add gift plate: “In honor of Dr. Albert Okunade, Recipient of the Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award, April 2015.”