The library appreciates
gifts of books, audiovisual
materials, and periodicals,
including duplicate titles.
The library
retains the right to refuse
materials that do not
meet the library's selection
criteria or have processing
costs that exceed
their worth. The library
maintains unconditional
ownership of donations
and makes the final decision
as to their
disposition. The library
reserves the right to
decide the conditions
of display, location and
means of access to the
gift
materials. Items not added
to the collection are
offered to other libraries,
sold at library book sales,
or are treated as
weeded items. Donors may
request that the library
return materials the library
does not utilize. Delivery
of gifts is the
responsibility of the
donor.
If the donor wishes to
use the gift as a tax
deduction, he or she is
responsible for obtaining
an appraisal from an
appropriate professional
outside the Davee Library.
The library provides the
donor with a letter acknowledging
gifts,
but cannot legally estimate
their value.