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Giving to Cline Library

Cline Library serves as an interchange for intellectual discovery, connecting our tradition to our future promise. The library is a crucial component to the fulfillment of NAU's mission of teaching, research, service and community outreach. We value the ability to respond to changing needs of the library and its users by developing innovative solutions, practices, and services in a creative work environment that supports flexibility, collaboration, and an openness to new ideas, practices, risk taking, and forward thinking. Your contributions help us meet these goals and challenges.

Ways of giving:

Monetary Gifts & Funding Priorities | Planned Gifts | Honor with Books and Media Program | Cline Library Wish List | Archival Collections | General Collections: Books & Media | Contact Information

Monetary Gifts in Support of Library Endowments and Initiatives

Giving to Cline LibraryYour assistance is crucial for the Cline Library to maintain and advance its quality service programs and collections. Monetary gifts to the library have far-reaching impacts. Direct monetary gifts are the most common form of giving and can be unrestricted or designated for a specific fund or project. These gifts are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Checks should be made payable to the “Northern Arizona University Foundation.” You can help ensure the preservation of a legacy of learning for future generations by making a monetary contribution to one or more of the following funds:

Funding Priorities

Other Funds & Endowments

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Planned Gifts

A planned gift can be structured to fulfill a long-desired philanthropic interest and may also allow you to increase income, save taxes, and make a legacy gift to the library that might not otherwise be possible. For more information on arranged a planned gift to the library, visit NAU's Gift Planning page.

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Honor with Books and Media

Celebrate, remember or acknowledge a person, an occasion, or an accomplishment by funding the purchase of a book, CD or DVD for Cline Library's collections. A commemorative label will be affixed to your gift. You may designate a specific subject area if you wish. The subject areas include: Fine Arts, Health, Humanities, Science & Engineering, Social Sciences, Education and Business. Your gift through the Honor with Books and Media Program is tax deductible in accordance with applicable IRS rules. Upon receipt of your gift, Cline Library will send you a letter indicating the title selected containing the commemorative label. You may select the amount of your gift from the following:

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Cline Library Resource Wish List

Wish List: Priority Print and Media Resource Titles. This list includes book and media titles that Cline Library is interested in adding to its general and special collections. You may have a copy on your bookshelf that is gathering dust, love shopping at Amazon.com, or you just believe it is important for students and faculty to have access to these resources. See also the Cline Library's Wish List at Amazon.com (click on the "Add to Cart" button next to a title in the list to purchase it for the library).

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Gifts of Archival Collections

Most archival collections found at the Cline Library are gifts to Northern Arizona University from people who share an appreciation for the value of regional historical materials as well as an interest in their preservation and public access. All gift materials, whether one item or a thousand, contribute to our understanding of the Colorado Plateau or the history of the University across a multitude of disciplines. For a description of recent gift collections, visit the library's What's New page and select a recent Library Insights newsletter back issue (right column).

The Cline Library always appreciates information about personal, business or organizational records which relate to the Colorado Plateau or Northern Arizona University and which may be acquired through a gift or bequest. A policy outlining the scope of the collections housed in Cline Library’s Special Collections and Archives is available upon request.

Please be aware that donations of archival collections involve both a transfer of physical ownership and any associated copyright or literary rights. See the Library Deed of Gift. Library staff will be delighted to discuss a gift of digital archival material which meets the technical specifications necessary to ensure long-term preservation and access. The library is unable to provide complimentary copies of materials in return for a donation, so donors are encouraged to obtain copies for family members prior to execution of a gift.

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General Collections Gifts

Library staff will gladly discuss a gift of books or media resources for the library that supports the university's curricula and goals. All gifts are reviewed for condition and appropriateness to the collection with the understanding that the library makes all necessary decisions as to retention and other disposition. Due to the volume of material acquired and prepared for public access each year, the library is not able to provide donors with an item-by-item inventory. Also, the library is not able, per IRS rules, to provide appraisals. The responsibility for appraising gifts remains with the donor.

Cline Library is particularly interested in high-quality hardcover fiction and current scholarly materials in environmental science, global studies and education. Media titles in the following formats are currently acquired and supported by the library: DVD and music or audio recordings on CD. Items generally not needed include magazines and journals, textbooks or items in poor physical condition.

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Giving Contact Information

Kathleen Schmand, Coordinator, Community Affairs, Grants, & Development
Cline Library
Send a message: Community Affairs
928 523-0341

Office of the Dean
Send a message: Office of the Dean
928 523-6802

Special Collections & Archives
Send a message: Special Collections & University Archives
928 523-5551
If you are interested in adding to the library’s treasures please contact us by phone, message link above, or in-person. We will be delighted to discuss a gift of archival material.

Northern Arizona University Foundation
PO Box 22459, Flagstaff, AZ 86002-2459
www.advancement.nau.edu/foundation.shtml

Giving Online
alumni.nau.edu/giving.aspx

Giving- Print and Mail Form (.pdf)
www.advancement.nau.edu/forms/WEB_PR_Ded_Pledge_Form.pdf

Northern Arizona University Advancement
www.advancement.nau.edu/
Email: Advancementat nau.edu
Phone: 928 523-2012
Toll Free: 888 628-2586

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Elizabeth M Reilly, Special Collections Contributor:
It is my pleasure to have our total collection of photos, notes, interviews, and historic records housed in Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives Department. I am very happy to be one who has enjoyed and benefited by association with this splendid library.
Dr. Peggy Steffens, NAU alumna & former ABOR Regent:
Universities exist to serve students. They know the library is the heart of the institution, and they fought for making it the best it could be for everyone's future. We must provide the resources to make Cline Library flourish. We must continually make funding for Cline Library a high priority to ensure that NAU stays a leader in higher education.
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