The Commonwealth University Libraries encourage gifts and donations of materials that enhance the collection and are in line with our mission of providing materials that support the curriculum. help us to broaden and enrich our holdings and replace lost or damaged materials and are given the same degree of care and evaluation as those that are purchased.  The Libraries welcome and accept such gifts with the understanding that they will be carefully reviewed before they are deemed appropriate for inclusion in our collections.  In accepting such gifts, it is understood that upon receipt the Libraries reserve the right to determine a gift’s retention, location, cataloging treatment, and other considerations related to its use, maintenance, or removal. Those donated items which do not meet the criteria for adding to the collection will be offered to another library, placed on an exchange list, placed in an appropriate book sale, or discarded/recycled.If you ask in advance, we will notify you so you can retrieve those items we choose not to include in our collections.Gift plates recognizing the donor or memorializing an individual are placed in the item upon request.