{"id":10596,"date":"2025-02-28T21:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T02:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/?page_id=10596"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:06:21","slug":"giving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/about-the-library\/giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;82%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;82%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5px||5px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2026\/03\/QCL1-logo1-white-80h.png&#8221; alt=&#8221;Queens College Library logo white&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Queens College Library&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;QCL Logo&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2025\/02\/cropped-2024-09-10_Rosenthal_Library-08-scaled-3-e1773941209524.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Spring view of Benjamin S. 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Those who donate $50 or more receive borrowing privileges for six months. Please contact the Borrowing Desk for details.<\/p>\n<p>For information on endowments, bequests, and naming opportunities, please contact the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qccommunity.qc.cuny.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queens College Foundation<\/a>, or call 718-997-3920.<\/p>\n<p>Those with books to donate may wish to contact these organizations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abe Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/Template.cfm?Section=libraryfactsheet&amp;Template=\/ContentManagement\/ContentDisplay.cfm&amp;ContentID=130632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Library Association Book Donation Factsheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betterworldbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Better World Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your Local Library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenslibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynpubliclibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Friends of the Library&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#A9A9A9&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"friends-of-the-library\">Friends of the Library<\/h2>\n<p>The Friends of the Queens College Libraries sponsors cultural events for the QC community and raises funds for the Queens College Library.<\/p>\n<p>Past events have honored a wide range of musical, cultural, and literary figures, including Tennessee Williams, Bessie Smith, Mozart, Rogers and Hammerstein, William Faulkner, and George Balanchine.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years the Friends have provided endowments to the Library and funded a variety of special projects, from textbooks and computers to the preservation of historic materials, like the Ford Theatre playbill from the night of President Lincoln\u2019s assassination, and the Hallum will of 1759. Membership is open to all at two levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Life:\u00a0<\/strong>$500 (includes continuing library borrowing privileges)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patron:<\/strong>\u00a0$50 (includes 6 months of library borrowing privileges)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Membership forms are available at the Rosenthal Library Borrowing desk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: Queens College Library is not currently accepting new donations of materials or processing new Friends of the Library memberships. The Library welcomes financial donations, which can be made at the Borrowing Desk or\u00a0online. Those who donate $50 or more receive borrowing privileges for six months. Please contact the Borrowing Desk for details. 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