If you’re considering donating books to the Downs-Jones Library, please follow these steps:
This defines what we can and cannot accept. If you have some items that do not fit our criteria, we are happy to accept part of the collection and allow the rest to go to a more appropriate home. Click here to review the policy.
Email the Technical Services Librarian at library@htu.edu to tell us that you would like to make a donation. The librarian will want to know what subjects the books cover, how many there are, and what condition they are in. If you have a title list, please include it.
If your donation is approved, please fill out our Book Donation Form.
Library staff will contact you to arrange drop-off or pickup of your books as needed.
Donation to the Downs-Jones Library is permanent and irreversible.
Once transferred, the materials become part of the circulating collection of the Downs-Jones Library and cannot be returned to the donor. The Library has the right to dispose of or donate any unwanted titles appropriately.
The Downs-Jones Library reserves the right to refuse donations without explanation. For sample reasons we may choose to refuse a donation, please see the Book Donation Policy.
The Downs-Jones Library
The Downs-Jones Library covers all subjects, space permitting. Donations of popular fiction are welcome. Books in English are preferred, but titles in other languages will not be refused on the grounds of language.
The Books should be RECENT. At least from 2000 AD or later.
Books should be CLEAN – in Very Good, Like New, or New condition. Please see our Book Donation Policy for complete definitions of these terms.
Books should be INTACT – damaged books and hardcovers without their dust jackets will not be accepted.
Donate Books
We do not accept certain materials to ensure our collection's quality and relevance. Below are the items we cannot accommodate:
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Please contact the Technical Services Librarian at library@htu.edu to ask about textbook criteria.
Monday-Thursday: 8AM – 10PM
Friday: 8AM – 5PM
Saturday: 12PM – 5pm
Sunday: 2PM 10PM
Please see the University Archives Donations page for more information.
Please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement.
