▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁a ▁special ▁collection ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁Library ▁had ▁been ▁end owed . ▁The ▁J uda ica ▁Library ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁their ▁parents , ▁Is ser ▁and ▁R ae ▁Price . ▁The ▁library ▁was ▁formally ▁named ▁at ▁a ▁special ▁dedic ation ▁ceremony ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁Price ▁Library ▁grew ▁from ▁ 4 5 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes ▁to ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁over ▁ 8 5 , 0 0 0 ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁its ▁li br arian ▁of ▁ 3 0 ▁years , ▁Robert ▁Sing erman ▁and ▁his ▁assist ants ▁Y ael ▁Her bs man , ▁Joy ▁F unk , ▁Carol ▁Bird ▁and ▁Em ily ▁Mad den . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁" 3 ▁M ' s ▁Collection " ▁( M ish kin , ▁Mar en of , ▁and ▁M orgen st ern ), ▁Sing erman ▁continued ▁M ish kin ' s ▁tradition ▁of ▁fest sch riften , ▁collect ing ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁period ical s . ▁By ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁ ▁Sing erman ▁had ▁collected ▁roughly ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Jewish ▁newsp apers ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world , ▁including ▁rare ▁anni versary ▁ed itions . ▁However , ▁they ▁were ▁un process ed , ▁stored ▁in ▁bind ers ▁and ▁boxes ▁with ▁a ▁simple ▁card ▁catalog . ▁After ▁receiving ▁a ▁U F ▁L ibr aries ▁M ini ▁Grant ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁library ▁worked ▁to ▁digit ize ▁its