Service also includes advocating for the libraries' financial interests. The Friends look for opportunities to bring the libraries to the attention of city and state governments, so that the libraries will receive their fair share of public educational resources. They support the libraries' efforts to participate in private philanthropy and engage in direct revenue-raising activities on the libraries' behalf. Each year the Friends' board will plan activities and expenditures for the support of the library in cooperation with the university librarian, who has the ultimate responsibility for the amount and designation of the funds so expended. The Friends, through a common interest in books and libraries, provide an amiable environment for friendships to flourish.
Membership affords the considerable reward of working together for a worthwhile cause.