Ten supporters of the University Library gathered together more than twenty-five years ago to found the Library Associates. Some have, in addition to their annual membership, established trusts or bequests to leave a lasting legacy. Gregorian, The New Yorker , 1986. These treasures and many less spectacular but still essential items were added to the library's collections through the generosity of the members of Library Associates. In addition, the Associates have established an endowment to acquire materials essential to a university library but impossible to fund solely with tax dollars.
Books are the carriers of civilization.
Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Tuchman, Author's League Bulletin , 1979. All are invited to join Library Associates. Members receive news of the University Library and the library community. Your support will help ensure that the University of Idaho Library will remain the state's leading academic library during Idaho's second hundred years.