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Friends of the Library

Become a supporter of one of The University of Scranton's greatest resources. The Weinberg Memorial Library, built in 1992, is the intellectual hub of the University. It continues to provide traditional library services and meets the needs of 21st century scholarship by collecting, in addition to print materials, an increasingly wide range of digital materials.

Members of the Friends group enjoy fellowship with those who value the importance of libraries and learning, and are committed to helping the library excel in meeting the dynamic scholarly, cultural and social endeavors of the University and the community at large.

Benefits to Members

  • Use of the Weinberg Memorial Library with circulation privileges.
  • Discount of 10% (excluding textbooks) at the University of Scranton Bookstore.
  • Discounts to Friends of the Library special events.
  • Invitations to Friends of the Library programs and events throughout the year: lectures, exhibits, and cultural and social events.
  • Preview notices of Friends of the Library book sales.
  • Participation in the building of an endowment in the name of the Friends of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library.
  • Receipt of Information Update, a semi-annual newsletter of information about the Weinberg Memorial Library, books, authors, publishing, printmaking, bookbinding and the Friends.
  • Your membership listed in Information Update.
  • Recognition with a special bookplate for titles purchased for the Library by the Friends.
  • Distinctive keepsake bookmark for gifts of $100 or more. 
  • Opportunity for volunteers to work in support of library programs and services.
  • Recognition in the University's annual Donor Report.

To become a member, please call Kym Balthazar Fetsko at 570-941-7816.

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