Library Gift Policy

The Library accepts donations of materials in formats, subject areas and languages relevant to the curriculum and the collection without conditions, reserving the right to dispose of them as appropriate.

Donated books will be evaluated for addition to the collection by Library Subject Liaisons who will recommend their inclusion if appropriate, or their sale either to book dealers or directly to the University community at the Library's annual book sale. In cases where condition of the materials or other factors preclude inclusion or sale they will be recycled.

In most cases, the Library will not accept gifts of periodicals unless they fill in gaps of already existing periodical subscriptions.

The Library cannot place a cash value on gift books for tax purposes but provides a letter acknowledging the receipt of the gift to the donor.

Anyone interested making a gift of library materials to the Library is asked to contact the Collections Development Librarian, Dana Edwards , at 510/885-3632, or the University Librarian, Myoung-ja Lee Kwon, at 510/885-3664.

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