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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 
President's Corner
Colleges and universities should burn down their libraries. Since "all the books in the world are already digitized," there's no need for "air-conditioning" them in our expensive buildings and ever-expanding collections. Such was the advice of Adrian Sannier, Chief Technology Officer for Arizona State University, in his keynote address to the Campus Technology Conference in August, 2008. His remarks provoked numerous retorts that provide libraries' Friends with a reasoned defense against "technophiles and bibliophobes." Librarians doubt that all books in the world will ever be digitized. And even if they were, how can we satisfy the student who finds a book online but wants to read the print version? (Yes, that happens.) Moreover, libraries exist to support research as well as education. In many fields, the creation of knowledge cannot occur by simply accessing the Internet. At least one study notes that as more scholarly articles become available online, the number cited, particularly in the sciences, decreases. Online publications seem to have "accelerate[d] consensus and narrow[ed] the range of findings and ideas grappled with by scholars." Conversely, print-dependent research encourages the browsing that leads to "broader comparisons and scholarship." In his talk, Sannier was concerned to keep the U. S. competitive in the world of learning by adopting the most up-to- date and economically efficient technology. Ironically, his approach to libraries might do just the opposite. 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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