THE FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA LIBRARIES
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The Friends assist the Columbia Libraries in several direct ways: first, through their active interest
in the institution and its ideals and through promoting public interest in the role of a research
library; second, through gifts of books, manuscripts, and other useful materials; and third, throtigh
financial contributions.
By helping preserve the intellectual accomplishment of the past, we lay the fotmdation for the
university of the future. This is the primary purpose of the Friends of the C'olmnbia Libraries.
Contribution Levels
Contributors
Contrilmtion:%l-%m
Benefits: Books &" Bytes, the newsletter of the
Columbia University Libraries; special invita¬
tions to exhibitions and receptions.
Erie n d s
Contribution: $100-S499
Benefits: Same as above, plus a subsciiption to
Columbia Library Columns and temporan" read¬
ing privileges.
Fellows
Contribution: $500-$999
Benefits: Same as above, plus consultations with
Columbia University's librarians upon request,
and Libraries' Occasional Ptiblications.
SusTAiNiNt; Fellows
Contribution: $1,000-$4,999
Benefits: Same as above, plus reading privileges.*
Patrons
Contrilmtion: $5,000-$9,999
Benefits: Same as above, plus personal tours of
the Libraries upon request.
University Librarian's Circle
Contribution: $10,000 and above
Benefits: Same as above, plus borrowing privi¬
leges.*
* Reading and borrowing privileges, if taken, reduce the
tax deductibility of your gift. For Sustaining Fellows and
Patrons who choose reading privileges, the tax de-
ducdble poruon of the gift is reduced by $660; for
University Librarian's Circle contributors who choose
borrowing privileges, the deductible portion of lhe gift is
reduced by $1,200.