If there is any question that material not relevant to current or anticipated programs is unique, it should be offered to a research library that collects comprehensively in the field, to be disposed of as they see fit. Since English is the language of instruction, the assumption is that materials in English can be used by more members of the community than those in other languages. We will normally favor text in English, with the exception of materials needed to support foreign language curricula, materials where the primary interest is not the text, materials essential to a subject that are not available in English, and materials that are significantly superior in the original. Censorship The Library Bill of Rights statement of the American Library Association is considered part of this collection development document. The library solicits and encourages gifts of useful material, provided they meet our collection management criteria, and, provided that there are no restrictions attached regarding their arrangement or disposition.
Gifts provide many valuable additions to the collection.
We will not add gift items simply because they are available to us, or because we do not already hold them. The library will not accept gifts with conditions as to their disposition or location except by express permission of the library director. The library reserves the right to dispose of unneeded gifts in whatever manner it sees fit. Duplicate copies received as gifts will be added only if the circulation record of the existing copy suggests a single copy is not sufficient to meet the demand. This does not preclude the exchange of a gift copy in good condition for a worn or mutilated existing copy.