Do You Love the Library?

Do you

  • Love your library?
  • Want to share your skills and enthusiasm?
  • Have creative ideas?
  • Work well with groups?

Then we invite you to apply to join the Board of the Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library!

Who are we? We

  • Are board members who advocate for the library.
  • Believe that great libraries grow great communities.
  • Work year-round to raise funds for the library through book sales, membership, and special events.
  • Are a collegial group that enjoys working together for the libraries we love.

What do we do? We

  • Advocate for public library services, facilities, and needs.
  • Provide financial support for 99% of activities sponsored by the library.
  • Support the use of the library facilities as a resource center for the community.

Please complete the application and send it to

Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
645 NW Monroe Ave
Corvallis, OR 97330

Or email it to us at: friends.thebestlibrary[at]gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you!


The mission of Friends is to maintain an association of persons interested in the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library; to focus public attention on and to advocate for public library services, facilities and needs; to strengthen and expand library services, to provide financial support above and beyond what is included in the library’s annual budget; and to support the use of the library facilities as a resource center for the community.