Mission Statement

The Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities:  Libraries (NAPCU) is an organization of the libraries of four-year, accredited, non-profit, private academic institutions.  NAPCU is primarily a vehicle for library cooperation, conversation, fellowship, and the sharing of information.  The librarians see an important value in meeting periodically to share policies, problems, solutions.  We see special value in two of our annual activities:

• The workshop and meeting; and the collection and distribution of statistical information.


• We seek other avenues for active cooperation, particularly in the areas of collection development and library technology.