Mission
The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center supports the University of Connecticut's mission of
teaching, research and service. It acquires, preserves and makes accessible specialized
research collections for students, faculty, staff, scholars and the general public and
supports the development and promotion of public program, exhibitions, conferences and
similar events to enhance the University's teaching and research activities.
The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center is designed to support a number of critical
and inter-related needs:
- To provide a technologically advanced, climate-controlled environment for storing
and preserving the unique and irreplaceable research archives and special
collections of the University Libraries
- To create a physically secure but comfortable locale in which students,
faculty, visiting scholars, and the public can enjoy access to the collections
- To provide a venue for exhibiting materials from the collections under conditions
that promote their value and usefulness for research while protecting them
from deterioration
- To house two academic centers whose activities complement those of the
University libraries, and
- To offer a welcoming public space, where a well-equipped conference
center serves as a forum in which the educational experience of students, faculty,
and the public may be enriched.
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