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A picture (click for a larger view) of some of the artwork in Bouillon Hall, the former library: 
By clicking on the above, you can view pictures of 67 beautiful libraries in the world. To contact the Webmaster, Email: fol@cwu.edu Copyright
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Welcome to the CWU The CWU Friends of the Library (FOL), established in 1994, helps to ensure that the library remains a vital part of Central Washington University. Our bi-annual newsletters and meetings keep you informed of library events.
Our primary purpose is to raise funds for library acquisitions: books, journals, recordings, musical scores, films, maps, electronic databases. Each fall, the Friends conduct a two-day booksale on the Ellensburg campus that has raised several thousand dollars for these type of materials. Our goal during the next biennium is to increase the Friends of the Library endowment to $100,000. We are already one-third of the way there. Join the Friends in sustaining the Brooks Library. To join the Friends in support of the Library, print out and complete the Contribution Form, attach your check and forward to the Friends of the Library at the address provided on the form.
Breaking News and Notices NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 12-18, 2009 "WORLDS CONNECT@YOUR LIBRARY"
President's Corner
"Worlds connect @ your library," this year's theme for National Library Week, is an appropriate reminder of the importance of libraries at a time when severe economic recession threatens to disconnect them from their normal operations and affect our everyday lives. Anyone reading the news these days knows that legislators, anxious to balance budgets, consider libraries to be expend-able. Here in the Kittitas Valley, county commissioners have delayed transferring funds to the urban libraries that rely on them for support. As Washington State seeks to close its mounting budget deficit, higher education, along with other state agencies, is experiencing wrenching slashes to its operating funds. The library will not escape the knife. These cuts come at a time when people seek out libraries more than ever before. Public librarians report that usage increases for all sorts of reasons during a recession. University administrators know that enrollments grow when the economy wilts. Larger numbers of students mean more stress for a library facing diminishing resources. Books not bought in the short term can mean long-term damage to the collections. Cancelled subscriptions to periodicals and databases entail greater expenses once they are renewed. The worlds of knowledge connecting students, faculty and the larger community to psychic and material enrichment shrink when budgets contract. Making decisions about budgets means that we need to balance our values. As we strive to keep ourselves solvent, we need to prize the continually connecting world of our libraries. Beverly Heckart, Chair Board Meeting
Board of Directors Meetings are called by the Chair periodically on an as needed basis. The date and time will be posted here when available.
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