Donations: Library Policies

• 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

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of the Library and may be disposed of following collection management reviews at a later date, e.g. if they are superseded by later editions or electronic equivalents or if they no longer meet teaching/research needs. 

If you are interested in donating items to the Library’s Special Collections at the Streatham Campus, please see their donations page and donations form for further details.

For enquiries regarding donations to Archives & Special Collections at the Cornwall Campus, please direct your enquiry to archives@fxplus.ac.uk.

If you have books on cinema that you would like to be considered for donation by the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum you are very welcome to email bdc@exeter.ac.uk detailing the items you would like to donate. 

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.