Library Associates University of Idaho Library
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LIBRARY ASSOCIATES |
Here is the knowledge of centuries past, Libraries are more than books; more than buildings. They are repositories of organized knowledge; the collective memory of civilization. They are maintained for the education of our children, the investigations of scholars, and the furtherance of public discourse. The University of Idaho Library, with over one and a quarter million volumes, is the largest library in Idaho. As such it serves as a state-wide repository for the world's scientific, technical, artistic, and cultural literatures. The true University ... is a collection of books. Public funds appropriately provide the major support for the university library. However, excellence is impossible to achieve without significant and substantial private contributions. A great library contains the diary of the human race. Ten supporters of the University Library gathered together in 1963 to found the Library Associates. Today, these active "friends" support many library services through gifts of funds, equipment, books, manuscripts, photographs and other documentary materials. Some have, in addition to their annual membership, established trusts or bequests to leave a lasting legacy. Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity.... A selection of major acquisitions facilitated by the Library Associates would include:
These treasures and many less spectacular but still essential items were added to the library's collections through the generosity of the members of Library Associates. In addition, the Associates have established an endowment to acquire materials essential to a university library but impossible to fund solely with tax dollars. Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. All are invited to join Library Associates. Members receive news of the University Library and the library community. Your support will help ensure that the University of Idaho Library will remain the state's leading academic library during Idaho's second hundred years. Contributions to the Library Associates are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. For more information, write:
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