Gifts and Donations
Gifts of books, manuscripts and similar materials are valued additions to the Libraries. If some of the gifts are duplicates of works already in the collection or outside the scope of the Libraries' collections, they may be offered to another library, used for exchange, sold at the Friends of the Library book sales, or discarded. Proceeds from the book sales are added to the Preservation Endowment to support preservation activities in the Libraries.
Although Friends of the Library acknowledges gifts in a form that substantiates deductions, appraisals of gifts or collections for tax and other purposes must be done by an independent appraiser before the items are received at the Libraries. The Tax Reform Act of 1984 established new regulations that affect gifts valued at more than $5000. Please contact the Libraries for further information.
Those wishing to make arrangements to donate materials should contact the Collection Management Department. Due to the renovation in D.H. Hill the primary donation site is temporarily the Satellite Shelving Facility on Sullivan Drive. Please call (919) 513-7190 between 8 am and 5 pm so that someone can assist you at Satellite Shelving. If you have a few items to donate they can be brought to the Collection Management Department during regular business hours or left with the Circulation staff at other times.
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