Friends : Membership
You are Invited to Join the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library
Your contribution is an essential element in the stewardship of a library of distinction. Sojourner Truth Library supports the teaching, research and public service mission of the State University of New York at New Paltz. It is committed to fostering academic excellence by providing maximum access to high quality information and by promoting study and the pursuit of knowledge. As the largest public academic library in the Mid-Hudson region, the Library has also become a regional center of research and scholarship through its extensive interlibrary lending program and free public access to its collections and facilities.
The primary goal of Friends membership is to contribute to the continuing development of a strong academic library.
Members enjoy the following benefits:
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- Use of the collections of the Sojourner Truth Library, including direct borrowing privileges from the Library’s collections (excluding interlibrary loan services)
- In-Library access to databases and to reference and information services
- Invitation to special library events, including the Friends’ Used Book Sales
- Recognition in the annual report of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation, Inc.
- Recognition in Friends signage in the Library foyer (renewed annually)
What Happens With Your Donation
Membership fees and other monetary donations made to Friends of the Library are used to purchase books for the collection, enhance electronic resources, and occasionally support educational lectures and events beyond those which institutional funding is able to sponsor. Books donated to the Friends of the Library are sorted: some are added to the collections, while others are sold at used book sales to raise funds for library acquisitions.
All donations contribute directly to the enhancement of the educational experience of students and the community. In the pull-down menu below, you can choose to have your donation applied to the new Friends of the Library Endowment initiative (recommended) or the Friends of the Library Fund, which funds current-year purchases.
For additional information about the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library, please call (845) 257-3719.
Thank you for supporting the goals of Sojourner Truth Library.