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Technical Services: Book Donations

Gift Policy

Thank you for your interest in supporting the LIU Post library!

The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library accepts limited donations of books and other materials that support the research and teaching mission of the University. Especially welcome are items that will have significant importance to the library’s collections based on their subject matter or rarity. While the Library appreciate your consideration as a potential recipient of donation, each book results in a cost to the library in terms of evaluation and processing time. Therefore, the Library reserves the right to decline gift offers at its sole discretion or suspend the acceptance of the gifts at any time.

To initiate your donation, please email (Post-AcquDept@liu.edu)

1. Brief description of the potential donation size, type, subject matter, condition, and age of the materials)

2. List of titles including authors, and publication dates.

Our librarians will then review this list for items that are needed by the library and contact you regarding acceptance decision.

 

Please note that we don’t accept:

  • Religious recruiting materials
  • Government documents
  • Publishers galleys/unfinished review copies
  • Workbooks/lab manuals
  • Advertising materials/promotional pamphlets
  • Outdated media formats: DVDs, Laser Disks/VHS/LPs(exception: rock or jazz)/Cassette tapes
  • Mass media paperbacks
  • Books with labels such as Instructor’s Edition, Desk Copy, Examination Edition, Publisher’s Review Copy  
  • Materials heavily marked by pen or pencil
  • Materials discarded by other libraries
  • Gifts to which the donor has attached conditions or restrictions, such as retention, housing, classification, and use