The Friends of ACRL was created to provide a means for ACRL to take bold steps above and beyond its traditional member programs and services. Rapidly changing demographic, economic, and technological trends are presenting academic libraries and librarians with new challenges and competition that demand immediate solutions. The Friends of ACRL is a response to these "new challenges" and renders a means for academic librarians to give additional support that will enhance and ensure the relevance of our profession.
By becoming a Friend of ACRL, you will help supplement the funding of initiatives that will strengthen and assure the importance of our profession in this time of dramatic change. Specifically, you can help open new worlds to the academic librarian community and specifically to MLS students, and entry-level and minority academic librarians. You can enrich our profession by supporting the development of cutting-edge seminars and workshops. You can promote excellence within our profession by supporting Best Practices in academic librarianship and libraries. You can support our global outreach to international academic librarians and libraries.
To participate, simply choose which funds you would like to support.
Professional Development Fund
This fund supports the continuing professional education of ACRL members at every stage of their careers by underwriting scholarships for promising students, supporting conference attendance for new ACRL members, and assisting all ACRL members, from the newest to the most experienced, in augmenting their knowledge and expertise.
Innovative Programming Fund
This fund supports the incubation of ground-breaking programs with the potential to enhance the ability of academic librarians to deliver excellent services, and rewards exemplary and innovative programs that have set new standards for library services.
Advocacy Fund
This fund supports initiatives that strengthen ACRL’s influence in higher education and on the research environment. The Advocacy Fund helps ACRL increase its influence with respect to recruitment and retention, academic and communication technology, public policy affecting higher education, major trends and issues in libraries, partnerships with other organizations, and accrediting entities.
Board Strategic Plan Initiative Fund
This fund provides the means by which the ACRL Board may strengthen any one of its priority goals and/or strategic objectives as the need arises.
William Moffett Memorial Fund
This fund honors the memory of former ACRL President William Moffett whose visionary leadership and dedication to excellence in all aspects of academic librarianship continues to instruct and inspire.
When you join the Friends of ACRL family, you are making a commitment to the future of our profession. Your tax deductible donation (to the extent allowed by law will advance the growth, change and development of academic librarians by strengthening and expanding ACRL's programs and opportunities
Receive Special Recognition
The Friends of ACRL would like to recognize your donation by:
Friends of ACRL Annual Report 03-04
Thanks to the below listed people for joining the Friends of ACRL family.
Peter B. Kaatrude
Janis Bandelin
Lisa Browar
Susan Brynteson
Mary M. Carr
Trevor Dawes
Lynne King
Patricia Kreitz
Susan Kroll
Michael LaCroix
Debbie Malone
W. Bede Mitchell
Louise S. Sherby
Helen Spalding
Keith Stetson
Amanda Werhane
Patricia Senn Breivik, in memory of Clyde C. Walton
Harold B. Shill, in honor of Dr. Donald E. Riggs
John A. Lehner
Pamela Snelson
Janis Bandelin
Anne K. Beaubien, in memory of Sharon Hogan
Theresa Byrd
Mary Ellen K. Davis
Elizabeth Dupuis
Julia Gelfand
Lori Goetsch
Irene Hoffman, in memory of Ilene Rockman
Lynne O. King
Michael J. LaCroix
William Nelson, in memory of Charles Beard
Helen Spalding
Dorothy Washington
Mary Jane Petrowski
Charles E. Beard
Sherrie S. Bergman
Patricia Senn Breivik
William E. Brown
Lynn Scott Cochrane
Elaine K. Didier
Paul Dumont
Ray English
Jill B. Fatzer
Barbara J. Ford
Rena Fowler
Bernard Fradkin
Nicholas E. Gaymon
Lori Goetsch
Vicki Gregory
Joseph Griffin
Larry Hardesty
Cathy Henderson
W. Lee Hisle
Althea Jenkins
Barbara Baxter Jenkins
Jan Kemp
Erika C. Linke
Maija Lutz
Frances Maloy
Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle LTD
Laurence Miller
Rush G. Miller
William Miller
Victoria A. Montavon
Claudia J. Morner
Linda Muroi
James G. Neal
Mary Jane Petrowski
Carol Pfeiffer
Shelley E. Phipps
Hannelore Rader
Marion T. Reid
Donald J. Riggs
Sharon J. Rogers
Dana C. Rooks
Elizabeth M. Salzer
Carolyn Sheehy
Louise S. Sherby
Pamela Snelson
Helen H. Spalding
Maureen Sullivan
Mary Lee Sweat
Patricia A. Wand
Lee Marie Weisel
Barbara Wittkopf
Juana R. Young