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Donations: Library Policies

Information on library policy and processes relating to book donations

Submit Donation

Unsolicited donations are not accepted.

Use the online form to submit a donation for review.

If your donation is intended for Special Collections or Archives
email libspc@exeter.ac.uk for Exeter campuses or archives@fxplus.ac.uk for Cornwall campuses

Library Policy

  • The library operates a digital-first collections policy across all campuses.

  • It is not possible to accept all print donations to the Library.

  • Proposed donations are evaluated in line with the Collections Development and Donations policies prior to acceptance.

    • See opposite to view and/or download a copy of these policies.

  • The Library is not able to accept unsolicited donations. Any unsolicited donations which are not relevant to the collections may be sold or otherwise disposed of.

  • Donations become the property of the Library and may be disposed of following collection management reviews at a later date, e.g. if they are superseded by later editions or electronic equivalents or if they no longer meet teaching/research needs. 

  • Please address donations queries via email to library@exeter.ac.uk or library@fxplus.ac.uk depending on your nearest campus.

For queries regarding donations to the Library’s Special Collections at the Streatham Campus, please direct your enquiry to libspc@exeter.ac.uk
For enquiries regarding donations to Archives & Special Collections at the Cornwall Campus, please direct your enquiry to archives@fxplus.ac.uk.

Student book donations

The libraries are unable to accept donations of textbooks from students.  

Instead, you could:

• Submit to Streatham Campus Blackwell's a list of possible textbooks for resale including ISBN (Number usually on the back cover) to exeter@blackwells.co.uk  If accepted these can then be taken to the Blackwell's Shop in the Great Hall Foyer.  

• Donate your books to a charity or second hand bookshop, for example the charity Book Cycle in Exeter. In Cornwall, you could try Just Books in Truro or Bookmark in Falmouth.

 

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