Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Publication Date
October 2011
Abstract
Book donations are a mainstay of collection building. Gifts can range in scope from a few items dropped off by a patron to a large donation that requires a team of people to retrieve. The items themselves may also vary from the kind you want to send out a press release praising to the kind you want to quietly put in the book sale pile. Receiving donations can be considered either an exceptional tool for developing the collection or a time-consuming reallocation of library resources that could be spent ordering and processing new materials. This poster session will consider the issues surrounding book donations and offer best procedures based on the recent experience with several donations received at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University.
Recommended Citation
Tolppanen, Bradley P. and Derr, Janice, "Book Donations: Trash or Treasure?" (2011). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 20.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_fac/20
