Gifts and Donations

Post date: Jul 01, 2019 8:33:19 PM

The Woodruff Library does have a process for assessing potential gifts and donations. Please don't tell a donor that they are welcome to bring their books or other materials to us without the proper evaluation.

From the Gifts and Donations website:

The Emory Libraries welcome gifts in kind from Emory students, faculty and staff and from the community. Gifts are subject to review in terms of their size, their relevance and scope—the library typically does not accept donations that are out of scope for our collections. Please contact a subject liaison for further assessment or evaluation, if need be. Donors are asked, if possible, to provide as much bibliographic information for their donations, so as to expedite review and processing. Note that we can not accept realia, e.g., nonprinted material or visual material (e.g., objects, posters, etc).

The acceptance of a gift does not constitute adding an item to the collection; Emory reserves the right to make all collection decisions, in accordance with IRS regulations. Emory also reserves the right to dispose of materials not added to the collection as it sees fit (e.g., other vendors, booksellers, nonprofit groups).