Gift Acceptance Policy

The Health Sciences Library accepts gifts of books, journals, and non-print materials which enhance the library’s collection and support current instructional and research programs of the UB health sciences schools.  Books published within the past five years and historical materials are especially welcome.

Material donated to the library becomes the property of the UB Libraries or UB Foundation and can be added to the collection or discarded, as deemed appropriate.  Books not added to the collection may be placed in the ongoing “Dollar-a-Book” sale (located in the HSL lobby), the proceeds of which are used to buy new materials for the Library. 

Donors are required to fill out a Gift Proposal Form.  All gifts will be acknowledged by the Director of the Health Sciences Library.  For more information regarding donating materials to the University Libraries and the Gift Proposal Form, please go to:

[ http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/ext/giftsinkind.html ]

If you wish to discuss making a donation before submitting a gift proposal form, please contact either:

Renee Bush, Head, Collection Management Services (829-3900 x108),

Lori Widzinski, Head, Computing and Multimedia Services, for non-print materials such as videos, audiotapes, CD-ROMs and DVDs (829-3900 x138), or

Linda Lohr, Manager, History of Medicine Collection for historical materials (829-3900 x136).