2022 Annual Members Meeting

Hello Friend! How are you today? It’s that time of year for our (Virtual) Annual Meeting. Please help spread the word!

Join us on Tuesday, May 24th @ 5pm

Please e-mail us at friends@fowlpl.org for the meeting link.

Update: The Library will also be hosting the virtual meeting in the Staff/Board Meeting room. Friends members can come to the Library and ask at the 2nd Floor Information Desk for the location. The Staff will be happy to direct you to the meeting room.

You can join other Friends for our Annual Meeting. We will be reviewing the year, electing officers, adopting our 2022-2023 budget, and discussing the new renovated basement opportunities.

We would love to hear from you! If you would like to share your feedback, volunteer, or simply send us a note, please take a moment to fill out our 2022 Annual Meeting Feedback survey here.

We look forward to seeing you at our 2022 Virtual Annual Meeting and hearing your feedback. If you can, please spare a few moments to share your ideas via our survey.

Stay safe. Be well. Read often.

—The Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library

Our Friends Foundation Fund

We are excited to launch a fundraising campaign to help establish a $10,000+ fund inside the West Lafayette Public Library Foundation.

This fund will allow the Friends to grow their investment in the Library and continue to assist wherever needed.

If you would like to help contribute financially to the fund, please click the button below. When making your donation, please include “Friends Fund” in the note with the donation to specify that you want this money to go towards our new Fund.

The Fund is being designed to help address programming, materials, and other project needs, allowing the Friends to expand on the work we have done through our easy to use Microgrants program.

Past Microgrants have supported:

  • The Dune Book-to-Movie Discussion and Viewing Group
  • Winter Reading Program Prizes and End of the Program Party
  • Summer Reading Program Bags
  • Game of Thrones Trivia Night
  • Adult Craft Nights
  • End of the Semester Study Snacks
  • Create Your Own Holiday Cards Table

If you would like to help support the Friends Fund, you can make a donation here.

2021 Annual Meeting, May 25th, 5:30pm

Hello Friends. How are you today?

Our Virtual Annual Meeting will be held on May 25th at 5:30pm.

Ahead of the meeting (or after if this is when you are reading this), we would appreciate you filling out our Annual Meeting Feedback survey.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please fill out the form and include your e-mail and we will send you the meeting information.

Thank you for being a Friend of the West Lafayette Public Library.

!Postponed! 2020 Spring Book Sale: April 3rd – 8th

?NOTICE?: The Spring Book Sale has been postponed and will no longer be held on April 3rd-8th. We are working on alternative plans to provide books at great prices to community. Please stand-by.

Interested in volunteering to help make this Book Sale a magnificent fundraising success? Sign-up here.


Join your friends, neighbors, family, and other community members on April 3rd – 8th, 2020 for the Friends’ Spring Book Sale during this magical time of year!

Here are the details:

Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library
208 W Columbia St West Lafayette, IN 47906

We are closer than you think!

70 minutes from Indianapolis

120 minutes from Chicago

30 minutes from Delphi

40 minutes from Crawfordsville

Preview for Friends-Only
join at the door: $15
or $5 for students
Friday, April 3rd 6:30pm-8:30pm
Full price Saturday, April 4th 10am-5pm
Half-price: Sunday, April 5th 1pm-5pm
$5 Bag Sale Monday, April 6th 10am-8pm
$3 Bag Sale Tuesday, April 7th 10am-8pm
$1 Bag Sale Wednesday, April 8th 10am-8pm

10K+ of books available, 90% donated
CDs, VHS, DVDs, art, magazines, and other items also available
Sorted, no buyer restrictions
Pricing $0.50 – $3 on most items
Credit cards accepted

Better books section includes books from Purdue community and beyond

Spread the word! Support the Library! Have fun!


We are on our way to the library.

We are looking to document our 2020 Spring Book Sale through a variety of arts. If you are interested in photographing, sketching, drawing, painting, or other similar visual arts, just use the hastag #BookSale and include a link to this page when you post on the Internet.

If you want to volunteer with the Friends, please check out our available opportunities here:  fowlpl.org/vt

WLPL Community Conversation and Planning Workshop

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

Session 1: 3pm – 5pm
Session 2: 6pm – 8pm

The West Lafayette Public Library, in partnership with krM Architecture, will hold two community input sessions at the Library (208 W. Columbia Street). The sessions are part of a four month feasibility study that will inform future plans for the Library’s renovation project, scheduled to begin in early 2021.