Friends of the Library

As a Friend of Wiggins Memorial Library, you will be an invaluable resource for students on their journey toward Leading with Purpose. Your support will demonstrate your passion for the power of our libraries to inspire and empower the Campbell community through our collections, facilities, and services.

The Friends group is made up of alumni, faculty, staff, and other supporters of Campbell University Libraries. Members carry out their work primarily through annual dues, special gifts, and endowments that help bolster our circulating collection, fund new technologies, and enhance our facilities. The Friends recently funded an Archival Reading Room.

Membership Benefits

Borrowing Privileges

Check out an unlimited number of books, three DVDs plus one video game at a time, music CDs, and selected technology items. Take advantage of several special collections as well.

While not exclusive to Friends, access to Campbell's Digital Archives offers student newspapers, yearbooks, sermons, and more going back to the 1880s. The inviting Periodicals Reading Room and Theological Reference area are hugely popular, and tinkerers will enjoy the Idea Lab/Makerspace, which houses 3-D and poster printing along with assorted tools and materials for crafts.

Annual Dinner

Enjoy an annual fall dinner with other supporters plus Campbell faculty, staff, and students. Each year, a distinguished guest speaker addresses the Friends on a topic related to a current library special event or exhibit.

Newsletter

Stay up-to-date with the Friends newsletter, Newsline, where you'll read about library outreach and the far-reaching impact of our instructional faculty on campus and at conferences.

Want to learn more about joining the Friends? Contact Dean Sarah Steele at (910) 893-1466.

View Membership Brochure

Organizational Structure

Campbell University's Friends of the Library is governed by an Executive Committee consisting of a President and Vice President elected at each year's Annual Meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer is the Dean of the Library or her/his designee.

Friends of the Library Endowment & Special Purpose Funds

If you would like to donate to the endowment funds or special funds specific to the library, you may click the Make a Gift button below to visit Campbell's fundraising site. Select "Other" under the "Please give my gift to" dropdown menu. Type in your library endowment or special purpose fund designation.

Library Endowments

The Carl P. Norris Library Endowment Fund, named in honor of a 1901 Campbell alumnus and dentist

Supports the purchase of special books, equipment, and professional development needs. Here are some recent library purchases supported by this endowment fund:

• Teaching Resource Center technology
• CU Photonegative Archive scanners and computers
• Patron counters for Wiggins Library
• Mobile AV cart and document camera
• Seven new circulating laptops
• Overhead scanner repair costs

Claude E. Teague Library Books

Established to build a collection by North Carolina authors on the history of North Carolina (flora, fauna, people, etc.).

The Faulkner Library Endowment Fund

Used by library staff for conference attendance, workshops/training activities, coursework, research, or other library-related activities. This endowment fund has already supported at least eight professional conference trips for librarians.

The John and Mary Ayscue Library Endowment

Used to purchase books inscribed in John H. Ayscue's memory. Selected by Friends of the Library faculty and staff. Here are some recent library purchases supported by this endowment fund:

• Books for the Teaching Resource Center
• Other books as selected by Friends and faculty

The Library Endowment Fund of Campbell University

Support the financial needs of Campbell University library. This endowment fund has already funded at least five professional conference trips for librarians.

Library Special Purpose Funds

Library Building Fund/Wiggins Memorial Library: Miscellaneous Expense: Main Campus

Established to help fund library building projects. Gifts to the Library Building Fund helped fund the following recent projects:

• 2nd floor open study renovations
• 2nd floor Student Art Gallery installation
• Teaching Resource Center furnishings
• Construction of the Book a Librarian Research Consultation Room
• Furnishings for the Archival Reading Room

Wiggins Memorial Library Academic Symposium: Miscellaneous Expense: Main Campus

Purpose is to offset the costs of hosting the annual Wiggins Memorial Library Academic Symposium.