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Giving
to the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library
Donors
| Gifts | Memorial
donations | Deed of gift | Tax
deductions | Arrangements | Librarian
review
 The
Library's ability to meet the information needs of students,
faculty and other users depends on maintaining a strong collection
of books, journals, electronic information resources and computer
equipment.
The average price
of health science journals is increasing annually at double-digit
rates. Electronic resources are essential to library users,
but they are expensive and complex to manage.
Despite substantial
Health Science Center administrative support, the cost of
maintaining a quality collection has outpaced available state
funds for many years.
To reduce this gap,
the Library must rely on the generosity of faculty, staff,
students, alumni, and friends to provide critical resources
and help sustain excellent services and access to health science
information.
Click
here to see a list of recent donors.
Gifts
of books and other library materials
The Library accepts
gifts and donations of books, journals, and other materials.
In order to make the most effective use of resources, the
library reserves the right to determine the disposition of
donated materials. The Library will provide a letter acknowledging
the receipt of the gift. Please contact Mr. Tim Mason, Technical
Services Librarian, at (817) 735-2466, if you would like information
about donating material to the Library.
Memorial
donations
Donors may honor
the memory of someone through a gift to fund the purchase
of a book or journal subscription. A bookplate will be placed
in the book noting the person memorialized and the donor.
Deed
of gift
When a material
gift of significant value, $250.00 or more, is given to the
Library, the donor is asked to sign a Deed of Gift legally
transfering both physical and intellectual ownership of the
material to UNTHSC. With this Deed the University has literary
rights to unpublished manuscripts as well.
Tax
deductions and appraisals
The donor should
seek professional advice about the tax deductibility of gifts
to the Library. The Library cannot provide an appraisal for
a gift it receives. Most reputable dealers in rare or antiquarian
books can provide appraisals.
Arrangements
and transportation
The Library can
help a donor with the logistics of delivering materials to
the Library. Gifts normally are hand-delivered by the donor.
Librarian
review
The librarians use
their best professional judgment to select donated materials
that will benefit the students, faculty, and staff of the
Health Science Center. Gifts of books that are duplicates,
outdated, out-of-scope, or in poor condition will be put in
the Library's annual sale.
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