Cambridge history of 600 years sold the naming rights of library

It appears that countries on the donation in recognition of the school is difficult to have fixed rules, in addition to naming, other options are not many. Because the donation is a gift, not an investment, donors can not expect to obtain material rewards, only to return the spirit of ways. To some extent, this recognition is purely to protect the academic freedom of the most intelligent way. For example, by naming an academic field or in recognition of scholars and donors, in fact, an alliance between the two sides, one output, one money, together to seek a breakthrough in the academic field. Named for the college or school governance, admissions, curriculum, examinations, award, not the slightest effect, and will not in any way change the legal status of college, identity or the nature of the school has or assume the rights and responsibilities will remain unchanged.

To have sufficient funds to enhance the competitiveness of the international schools, even if the Cambridge, Oxford, the old elite that has made no secret of the desire of social capital. In 2005, the University of Cambridge announced that it would take "American Way" fund-raising 1 billion pounds to "better control their own destiny," when the school decided to sell more than 600 years of history, the collection of more than 800 million books in the Cambridge University Library naming right , met with community outcry. But the Cambridge University Librarian Anne. Jarvis insisted: "Cambridge University Library has always been committed to seeking external support to improve library collections and improve service quality. This plan and other adopted by many large libraries financing measures are not fundamentally different. "