The Auraria Library is committed to achieving a margin of excellence in book and journal collection, library technology, and service to our library users. A margin of excellence is the distance that separates our good Library from becoming a great and distinctive one. To achieve our margin of excellence, we must develop financial strength through private support and goes significantly beyond the budget provided by the State of Colorado. Your gifts buy books, journals, electronic databases, computer technology, and other essential materials. they provide excellence in supporting learning and teaching at all three Auraria Higher Education Center campus institutions.

BUILDING UPON OUR SOLID FOUNDATION

Our Library will build its financial strength upon a solid foundation characterized by:

• a state of the art computer information system valued at over one million dollars.
• a traditional of fiscal responsibility and prudent allocation of resources. Our computer information system, for example, was funded entirely through internal budgetary reallocations.
• a track record of directing financial donations to the immediate benefit of our students and faculty.
• a library staff noted for their dedication to service and innovation, as exemplified by the numerous local, state, and national honors and awards.

Why Private Support is Essential

In spite of the solid foundation of Auraria Library, we cannot achieve our margin of excellence without private support. We face critical challenges, including: persistent 10% annual price inflation for print journals and electronic resources; state budget allocations that decrease in buying power by 5% or more each year; expensive computer hardware, software, and networks that must be regularly upgraded; book and journal collections too small to meet the growing information demands of student and faculty, especially those in graduate studies; a spartanly furnished and crowded library building.

Please consider giving to one of the Library Initiative Programs