We welcome donations of materials that support and develop our existing collections. We'd not normally accept donations that do not match our collection development strategy.
We carefully assess the suitability of each item offered to us. We do not accept unsolicited items without prior arrangement with the potential donor. We reserve the right to dispose of any items we receive in this way.
If you'd like to donate material to the Library, please fill in our online donation offer form. The Library is generally unable to pay collection costs.
Our staff will assess materials against the University's needs in relation to:
We'll then contact you using the details you give us in the form.
The Library has discretion over the location and retention of donated materials.
We decide on a location based on the subject content of donated materials. We'll try to place new donations in the Library's general collections to make them as accessible as possible. We may place donated items in any part of the Library.
For reasons of conservation and security, we place rare and antiquarian items in our Special Collections.