Thank you for considering the Auraria campus library for your book or media donation.

Your generosity will benefit the students of three distinct institutions that share the Library’s resources, services, and spaces: the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the Community College of Denver.

Owing to limited space and personnel the Library accepts non-duplicative resources that support the curricular and research goals of campus constituents. Donations that do not meet the Gift Acceptance Guidelines will be discarded.

Titles that meet Gift Acceptance Guidelines will be gladly reviewed and accepted with the understanding that no restrictions shall be placed on their use or disposition.

Saleable titles not accepted will be forwarded to a book resale company with proceeds going to the Library. Donors are not notified regarding acceptance or non-acceptance decisions. Donors receive receipts noting the number of titles donated. (Sorry, the Library does not supply a valuation of the donation.)

GIFT ACCEPTANCE GUIDELINES:

The Library does not accept:

• Mass market paperbacks.
• Journal/magazine runs or individual issues.
• Titles better suited to our sister libraries serving public patrons.
• Advanced reading copies or bound or unbound galleys.
• Most textbooks and generally those more than 2 years old for non-humanities areas.
• Most government publications.
• Titles in poor physical condition, including water damage, missing pages, or containing excessive highlighting or underlining.
• Additional copies of titles already owned in print or digital format, with few exceptions.
• Items in VHS, LP, or cassette formats.

The Library does accept for review:

Other than materials excluded above, the Library gladly considers for review non-duplicative book and media titles in good condition which support the needs of the Auraria campus academic community and fall in one of these three areas:

• Materials donated by Auraria campus faculty members and deemed by the faculty member, through teaching and research experience, to be of value to Auraria campus students and faculty.
• Special collections of unique interest to Auraria campus constituents.
• Resources in these subject areas:
  • Anthropology and Archaeology
  • Architecture, Planning, Design, and Urban Studies
  • Art and Art History (all types/styles including digital arts, performance art, etc.)
  • English/Literature/ESL studies/Fiction
  • Ethnic studies
  • Film studies, including film scripts
  • Gender studies
  • History
  • Modern language learning materials and appropriate resources written in these languages: Spanish, German, French, Latin, and Chinese.
  • Library and information science
  • Music Books, Music Scores, Libretti, (excluding popular sheet music), and Music audio CDs and DVDs
  • Philosophy
  • Theatre: recent/topical books on theatre-related topics, and plays

Have just have a handful of books? A small box?

Feel free to come into the Library during open hours and leave them at the AskUs Desk. Need directions?

Other book donation opportunities:

• Denver Public Library
• Louisville Public Library
• Prison Libraries
• Westminster Public Library

Need to speak to someone to clarify that your gifts will be reviewed? Need to arrange to drop off your gift?

Contact the collection development librarian for the subject area your donation represents.