Friends of Dacus Library: Resources

If you don’t have a Friends group for your library or if you are a library supporter interested in spearheading an effort to create a Friends group for your library – you’ve come to the right place. This special toolkit will help with the establishment of Friends groups of all types. If you already have a Friends group and are interested in increasing its membership and/or its level of activity -- read on. The second half of this toolkit will address the revitalization of existing friends groups.

The idea of an academic Friends group is not new. In fact, the first university library Friends organization was founded at Harvard in 1925. Friends in academia can help their library by raising additional revenues for collections, materials, and equipment. They can also help raise the profile of the library on campus through the programs and events they sponsor.