Anyone may become a member of Friends of American University Library - alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, neighbors, businesses, associations, and other well-wishers.

If you are interested in supporting the library, learning about its activities, and attending Friends programs, you are invited to join. By becoming a member of Friends of the American University Library, you demonstrate you support for the central role of the library in the intellectual life of the academic community, and you personally contribute to its growth.

Join Friends today!

• Enhance the library collections, facilities, and services, which support student learning in our nationally recognized academic programs - the demand for books grows even as more online resources become available. Electronic resources enhance access to information still stored only in books, journals, newspapers, films and videos, sound recordings, and musical scores.
  
• Acquire and conserve special collections of rare books, manuscripts and other items that spark imagination and provide unique research opportunities - these irreplaceable holdings include the Spinks collection of rare Japanese materials, the Martin arithmetic textbook collection, archives of the National Peace Corps Association, theatre playbills, and numerous other collections.
  
• Expand the capabilities of the online catalog, ALADIN, with its links to the collections of the eight-member Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
  
• Fund renovations to accommodate students' changing needs and expand the library space to house burgeoning quantities of information and the latest technology.
  
• Support professional development of library personnel to meet the changing needs of a vibrant academic community.