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Cap CoUede seeks funds

Expanded book colleetion needed to fill their new $11M library
AFTER NEARLY 25 years of operating as a post-secon- estimatevdf 7,000 full-time new library.
Jardine said the college will be
students.
dary educational institution on the North Shore, North equivalent
The provincial government has turning to the North Shore comVancouver's Capilano College will soon be getting a new given
College $11 mil- munity to help it raise $75,000 by
library building that will take the college from having the lion forCapilano
the construction of the this fall. In total, the college
worst library in the province to one of the best.
hopes to raise $250,000.
new buildihgi
The new library building, which
is currently under construction, is By Surj Rattan
scheduled to be officially opened News Reporter
in September, although the college
will take possession of part of the ly has an enrolment of 4,200
full-time equivalent students, the
building in February.
While Capilano College's main new library building has been
North Vancouver campus current- designed to accommodate an

But college president Doug Jardine said it is highly unlikely that
Victoria will be giving the college
any more inoney to buy library
resources.
So the college has embarked on
a *muildirig With Books" campaign to raise funds to stock the

"The (book) collection is one
part of the fundraising campaign.
Another part is to create an endowment fund, the interest of
which can go towards the purchase of subscriptions for journals," said Jardine.
He noted that annual subscriptions will cost the college several
thousand dollars.

cover.
A contribution of $100 will entitle a donor to a five-year library
card with community borrowing
privileges.
A contribution of $250 will entitle the donor to a life membership in the library.
The names of donors who contribute $500 or more will be listed
on the donor wall at the entrance
to the new library.
"With this library we have
leap-frogged to having one of the
best libraries in terms of physical
facilities," said Jardine.

ii With this library we have leap-frogged
to having one of the best libraries in
terms of physical facilities,

— Cap College president Doug Jardine

The cost of some of the annual He added that he is optimistic
journal subscriptions Capilano the local community will support
College said it would like for the the college's fundraising drive.
"The college has a very good
new library include:
• $10,000 for natural science and reputation. I think the reputation
of the college in the community is
engineering;
• $5,000 for environmental high. I can only expect that when
we go on our first (fundraising)
science;
campaign to them, they'll support
• $2,500 for law reports;
us," said Jardine.
• $2,000 for Asian studies;
• $1,500 for Canadian business
directories.
Frieda Wiebe, Capilano ColContributions of $50 will help lege's head librarian, said the new
purchase a book for the library library will be almost four times
collection and will place the name bigger than the present college
of the donor inside the front library.