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 enable our libraries to inspire and empower the Campbell community through our collections, facilities, and services.

The Friends group consists of alumni, faculty, staff, and other supporters of Campbell University Libraries. Members contribute primarily through annual dues, special gifts, and endowments. These gifts bolster our circulating collection, fund new technologies, and enhance our facilities; for instance, the Friends recently funded an Archival Reading Room.

Friends Membership Benefits

• Borrowing Privileges
  • Unlimited number of books and music CDs
  • Select number of DVDs (3 per visit) and video games (1 per visit)
  • Select technology items
• Archival Research Access
  • Campbell University Digital Archive
  • Archival Reading Room
• Annual Dinner
  • Dinner for two at the annual fall dinner featuring a distinguished guest speaker.
• Newsletter mailings
  • Newsline featuring stories about library outreach and the far-reaching impact of our instructional librarians.

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

View Membership Brochure

Friends of the Library Endowment & Special Purpose Funds

If you would like to donate to the endowment funds or special funds library-specific funds:

• Click the Make a Gift button below.
• Select "Other" under the "Make your selection(s)" 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
• Zeta 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:

• Pedagogy titles for the Teaching Resource Center

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

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

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

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.