Does the library accept donations?
Answer
The Whitworth Library welcomes donations of books and other items. Gifts are a helpful and sometimes invaluable supplemental source for enriching collections and providing students and faculty with needed resources. Ordinarily, gifts are accepted subject to these conditions:
- Library staff will make the final decision whether gift books or other materials are added to the collections.
- Duplicate copies and items judged not appropriate for adding to the collections will be placed in a book sale or offered to other libraries.
- The library does not provide estimates of value.
- Donated books or other items are not specially identified.
Exceptions to, or variations of, these conditions can be considered and may be approved by the library director if warranted by the nature or circumstances of the donation. Approval of such exceptions or special conditions will be in writing and signed by the library director and the donor.
Please email Pam Gilchrist about donating materials to the library.
To inquire about donating to the Archives & Special Collections, please email Nancy Bunker.
For zine donations, please email Sophia Du Val.