1. Attendees at the Dedication Service, Garden of Contentment. 2. Pattie Orr, Vice President for Information Technology and Dean of Libraries, welcomed the group on behalf of the University Libraries. 3. Rita Patteson, Director of the ABL&M, spoke on Dr. Armstrong’s “Vision for the Garden of Contentment.” 4. Dr. Kirstie Blair, University of Glasgow, and the 2012-2013 holder of the Margaret Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies, spoke on the importance of the Library & Museum to the literary world. A prayer of dedication was brought by Mr. Bill Hair, library faculty member in the W. R. Poage Library. The Benediction, a reading of “Pippa’s Song” from the early Robert Browning play “Pippa Passes,” was led by Sue Wright, Chairwoman of the Libraries Board of Advocates.
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