The MSU Library is the center of intellectual life at Montana State University. Your gift helps transform lives and the future for our students, faculty, Montanans, and scholars around the world.

MSU Library collections determine the future of scholarship. Print and digital resources are a continuous need for MSU students. The MSU Library unlocks the best e-resources and bring in materials from around the world needed for the world class research happening at MSU. 

Supporting the MSU Library ensures that students succeed by providing them with the best, high quality information resources; spaces for study, research, and community building; faculty who can help them with all of their research needs; and connections they need to find their home here at Montana State University in our events and activities. 

You can support Montana State University Library through Financial Gifts, Gifts in Kind, or by becoming a Friend of the MSU Library. 

Financial Gifts and Library Funding Priorities  

Your gift to the MSU Library will help us expand and enhance the experiences and services the MSU Library provides to our campus community. Our funding priorities are listed below.

Funding Priorities

Dean’s Excellence Fund – Gifts to this fund enable the Dean to support critical and emergent needs such as purchasing new materials and technology, activities and projects, new programs, supporting the building and student study spaces, and enhancing the overall excellence of the MSU Library. 

Bud Lilly Trout and Salmonid Initiative – Thanks to Bud Lilly and other generous donors, the MSU Library is home to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research center for information related to the study of Trout and Salmonids. Your gift enables us to continue building an internationally acclaimed center that represents the global experience of angling, its history, and the protection of these species. 

Artificial Intelligence Literary and Innovation – The MSU Library is a leader at Montana State University about Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy and experimenting with AI technologies to improve user access to our resources. This work is emerging and your support can help us keep in tune with developments in this area and help our students and faculty be well-informed in navigating these environments.

Interested in supporting other work of the Library or have other ideas of how you'd like to see your resources put to work? Contact MSU Alumni Foundation Director of Development for the MSU Library, Michaela Bader at 406-994-4129 or email michaela.bader@msuaf.org 

Gifts in Kind 

Gifts in kind are charitable donations that are goods and services.Due to space and resources constraints, we do not accept donations of books or other physical items for our general collections. We do accept materials that fall within our special collecting areas in our Archives and Special Collections. Read more about materials in our Archives and Special Collections. 

To donate materials that you believe fall within the MSU Library’s special collections, please contact:ask@montana.libanswers.com or call Archives and Special Collections at (406) 994-4242. 

MSU Library is a physical and virtual crossroad for ideas, information, research, and it is a source of limitless knowledge delivering meaningful resources to its users. Gifts to the library make an impact on all MSU students and faculty and are critical to continuing and enhancing the MSU Library’s services.

Friends of the MSU Library

Friends of the Library logoIn addition to meeting people who support expanding and maintaining information resources for MSU’s students faculty, Montana citizens, and the state’s business community, the benefits of supporting Friends of MSU Library include a newsletter, invitations to Friends and MSU Library events, and knowing your support strengthens MSU Library. Become a Friend of the MSU Library. Join us today!