Giving to our Library
No building on campus has a greater impact on more students’ experiences at ECU than the library. Everyone connects at the library, regardless of major, class or background. Truly, the library is the intellectual heart of the university.
As the largest research library in eastern North Carolina, our comprehensive collections, technology and services support and benefit our students, faculty and our community.
From helping reduce the cost of textbooks to supporting faculty research to developing programs and events that bring together our neighbors, the library’s work is more vital than ever. We cannot do it without you! Your generosity makes so much possible for our students, our campus and our region.
Giving Priorities
Student Employment and Internships
Library student employees and interns are essential partners in our mission. Through meaningful, paid work and internship opportunities, students gain hands-on experience with emerging technologies, research support, digital projects, public service, and academic library operations.
Gifts supporting student employment and internships:
- Expand paid work and internship opportunities for ECU students
- Support training, mentoring, and professional skill development
- Prepare students for careers in libraries, education, technology, public service, and beyond
By investing in student employment, donors help cultivate career readiness, confidence, and lifelong learning while advancing the daily work of the Library.
Library Spaces for Learning, Discovery, and Community
Joyner Library is more than a building—it is the academic and intellectual crossroads of campus. Philanthropic support enables the Library to reimagine and enhance its physical spaces to reflect how students and faculty learn, teach, collaborate, and create today.
Gifts supporting library spaces may:
- Fund renovations and improvements to study, teaching, and collaboration areas
- Create welcoming, flexible, and accessible environments for all users
- Support technology-enabled spaces that foster creativity, innovation, and community engagement
These investments ensure that Joyner Library remains an inclusive, vibrant, and future-ready destination for generations to come.
Electronic Resources and Open Knowledge
Access to high-quality information is fundamental to student learning and research success. Gifts in this area strengthen the library’s electronic collections while advancing more equitable and sustainable models of scholarly communication.
Donor support may help:
- Expand access to eBooks, eJournals, databases, and digital collections
- Support open educational resources and open access publishing
- Promote information literacy and equitable access to knowledge
These investments empower students to engage deeply with scholarly content and participate fully in the academic enterprise.
Shaping the Future of Scholarly Publishing
As a public R1 institution, East Carolina University has a responsibility to advance discovery in the public interest. The library plays a central role in shaping how scholarship is created, shared, and preserved.
Gifts supporting this priority:
- Advance open and innovative approaches to scholarly publishing
- Remove barriers to access for researchers, students, and communities
- Elevate the reach and impact of ECU faculty and student scholarship
Through philanthropic support, donors help position ECU not only as a producer and consumer of scholarship, but as a leader in defining the future of knowledge sharing for North Carolina and the world.
Other Ways to Give
How to Give
When you are ready to give to the library, click the button below to be taken to the Joyner Library section on ECU’s main giving website. Find the Joyner fund to which you wish to donate and click the Give button. Please contact us if you need help or have questions.