Constitution and By-Laws
of the Friends of the Columbia Libraries
 

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I —NAME

The name of rhis Association shall be the friends of i he colu.mbia

LIBR.'VRIES.

ARTICLE II — PURPOSE

The purposes of the Friends organization are to promote and
further among the alumni and the public an interest in the Libraries
of the Columbia Corporation, to provide ways to give them a fuller
understanding of rhe role of the research library in education, to
serve as a medium for encouraging gifts and bequests in support of
the Columbia University Libraries, and generally to assist Columbia
University in showing through exhibits, programs, publications and
by other means the resources of the University and its Libraries.

ARTICLE III — .MF.MBFRSUIP

Any person interested in the purposes of this Association shall be
eligible for membership.

ARTICLE IV — GOVERNMENT

Section i. The government of this Association is entrusted to a
Council which shall consist of fifteen (15) members. In addition the
Director and Assistant Director of the Columbia Libraries shall be
members of the Council ex-officio.

Section 2. The first Council shall consist of the fifteen members
of the Council of the Friends of the Columbia Libraries now existing.

Section 3. The terms of office of the Council shall be for three (3)
years except that at their organization meeting the Council shall
select by lot five members thereof whose term shall expire at the date
of the first annual meeting and five members thereof whose term shall
expire at the date of the second annual meeting and five members
thereof whose term shall expire at the date of the third annual meet¬
ing. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appoint-

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