UO Libraries

Every day, thousands of students and faculty members pass through the doors of our libraries. Each year, classrooms and group-study rooms are booked to capacity, and 16,000 students participate in the library’s instructional programs. The library is also the largest academic employer of students on campus, providing job experience and wages to offset the cost of tuition for hundreds of Ducks each term. As the only member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries in the state, the library is vital to research activity on campus and throughout the Pacific Northwest, and preserves and makes accessible distinctive collections of national and global historical significance.

Gifts to the UO Libraries touch each and every student at the University of Oregon and support the libraries’ efforts to make resources available to researchers throughout the state and the world. From the Rippey Library at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Library to the Knight Library at the heart of campus, each of the seven libraries serves our students, faculty, and the community at large.

Library Fund

Gifts to the Library Fund provide the maximum flexibility to address immediate and high priority needs and to leverage other resources. Give now.

Student Employee Fund

The UO Libraries is the university’s largest academic student employer. Your support allows us to provide more students with meaningful employment in the supportive, academic environment of the library, helping them offset the cost of their education while developing valuable workplace skills. Give now.

Technology Fund

Students and faculty members at the UO need to have access to the latest technologies for their learning, teaching, and research, and our libraries personnel need access to digitization equipment, electronic storage, and preservation software to continue to make our resources more widely available. Your gift allows us to purchase new lab equipment, hardware, and software to meet these critical, 21st-century needs. Give now.

Collections Enrichment Fund

This fund allows us to purchase print and electronic resources in all formats to support all disciplines across campus. Give now.

Special Collections and University Archives Fund

Purchase and preserve one-of-a-kind collections and archives for student, faculty, and international research. See the Special Collections and University Archives website for more information, or give now.

Science Library Fund

The new Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library is the centerpiece of a master plan to unite the university’s entire community of science students, faculty members, and researchers. This architectural jewel is named in memory of Allan Price, Vice President of Advancement, University of Oregon, 2001-8 and Senior Vice President for Advancement, OHSU & President, OHSU Foundation, 2008-12. Your gift to the Science Library enables continuous cutting-edge equipment upgrades, facilities enhancements, and creates outstanding consulting and training opportunities for science learners. Give now.