The Library encourages donations of useful materials provided that:

• the materials fit collection development criteria and
• there are no unduly restrictive conditions attached. "Unduly restrictive conditions" would, for example, seek to dictate the location of materials within the Library or prevent the Library from being free to dispose of any unneeded materials"

The Library cannot legally or practically appraise gifts (e.g., for tax or inheritance purposes).

The responsibility for accepting gifts rests ultimately with the Faculty Librarian.

Prospective donors should be made aware that certain categories of materials are unlikely to be added to the Library's collections and may be donated elsewhere or discarded.

Types of gift materials the Library would be unlikely to keep:

•trade paperbacks;
•self-help or do-it-yourself books;
•condensed books, study aids, textbooks;
•short runs of research journals or nearly any popular journal;
•audiovisual material employing old or non-familiar technology;
•any material in such poor physical condition as to be beyond repair;
•duplicates of titles already owned by the Library (unless in heavy demand);
•translations into languages other than English;
•earlier editions of titles owned by the library.