NEWS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   DATE: 11/26/07 CONTACT: LESLIE SCHALER, COMMUNICATION ASST., (413) 545-0162 JEFFERY AMHERST BOOKSHOP HOLDS FIFTH ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR THE UMASS AMHERST LIBRARIES SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8   Amherst, Mass. – On Saturday, December 8, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., the Jeffery Amherst Bookshop & College Store will celebrate the region’s only public research library by donating 10% of its proceeds to the UMass Amherst Libraries.  Purchases can also be made by phone, fax, or email. Located at 55 South Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, the bookshop is owned by Howard and Joy Gersten, recipients of the 2007 Siegfried Feller Award for Outstanding Service to the UMass Amherst Libraries.  The Jeffery Amherst Bookshop is a general independent bookstore with special strengths in Emily Dickinson and children's books. The UMass Amherst Libraries are open to all.  Borrowing privileges are extended to all adult residents of Massachusetts, UMass alumni, and to secondary students under 18.  The proceeds from this event will help enhance library facilities and provide users with the best information resources and services possible.  For more information about the benefit day, contact the Jeffery Amherst Bookshop by phone (413) 253-3381, fax (413) 253-7852, or by email at marie@jeffbooks.com.   For more information about the UMass Amherst Libraries, contact Emily Silverman at (413) 545-0995 or essilverman@library.umass.edu.