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From Dean Dr. June Koelker

MEMB ERS HIP LEVELS CHOOSE A MEMBERSHIP LEVEL

• The membership year is June 1 – May 31 ___ Life Membership $2000+ one-time gift
• Membership allows full access to the TCU Library any
time it is open.
___ Sponsor ___ Patron
$500 – $1999 annual gift $100 – $499 annual gift
Basic $35 – $49 annual gift
___ Associate ___ Basic
• Invitations to the annual Friends dinner. $50 – $99 annual gift $35 – $49 annual gift
• Invitations to FacultySpeak events.
• Receipt of Windows, the Friends newsletter.
• Receipt of the TCU Library Annual Report.
Name: ____________________________________
Fall semester is here! We strive to be a welcoming library year round, but in the Fall, we Associate $50 – $99 annual gift
focus on events that encourage students and faculty to become acquainted with individual • All of the previous benefits. Street address: _____________________________
librarians and with resources available from the TCU library. We used to call some staff, • Borrowing card allows member to borrow books from the
Reference Librarians. Today, they are Liaisons, librarians assigned to specific academic Library. ________________________ Apt: _____________
departments. They put a personal face on the library, emphasizing library resources, both
print and digital, that are targeted to academic departments. We also reach out to Patron $100 – $499 annual gift City: ___________________ Zip: _____________
faculty year round, but in the fall, we focus on newly hired members of the
faculty and provide opportunities for them to get to know our staff. In the • All of the previous benefits.
•
Invitation to FacultySpeak receptions.
newsletter you will see photos from some events including Student Back-to- • Subscription to Selections from the Dean, an e-newsletter Phone: ___________________________________
School Welcome and Wine and Wisdom for Faculty. of recommended reading.
E-mail address: ____________________________
In addition to the student and faculty events, the library commemorated the Sponsor $500 – $1999 annual gift
100th anniversary of the US Government Printing Office’s 1916 designation • All of the previous benefits.
of the TCU Library as a recognized depository for federal government • Library Staff Excellence Award Luncheon invitation.
documents in Fort Worth, Texas. We awarded the 2016 TCU Texas Book Award, • Interlibrary loan privileges. As a Friends of the TCU Library
generously funded by the Friends of the TCU Library, to Mr. Jeff Guinn for his Cardholder, I agree to:
book, Buffalo Trail, A Novel of the American West. We asked Dr. James Life Member $2000+ one-time gift
Riddlesperger, Political Science, to speak to us about Assessing Presidential Elections. • All of the previous benefits.
• Member’s name included in recognition with other Life 1. Abide by the regulations of the TCU Library:
Finally, Mr. Roger Rainwater, who worked at the TCU Library in Reference, in Circulation Members in the Dean’s office.
and in Special Collections over the course of 37 years, retires at the end of November. Please • Access to library databases (selection of databases depends • 10 book limit.
read the tribute to him that Dr. Linda Hughes, English, sent us to recognize this occasion. on vendor license agreements). • 28-day loan period or until the end of the
Friends membership year on May 31st,
Thank you for your support! whichever is shorter.
Dr. June Koelker • I will use my library card to check out
Dean of the Library materials.
Please print out this form, sign it, and mail to: • I will pay any fines or charges incurred.

Friends of the TCU Library
TCU Box 298400
Fort Worth, TX 76129 2. I understand that there will be a $10 replacement
Questions? charge for lost cards.
Contact Shelda Dean at 817.257.6109 or s.dean@tcu.edu.
Cover Photo: Signature: __________________________________
Amon Carter and Dutch Meyer, early 1950s

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