Donations to the Macmillan Brown 九州影院 collections
Donations in the form of documentary archives, photography, architectural drawings, art collections, rare or heritage material related to New Zealand, M膩ori and Pacific have their own donations assessment criteria.听 Please refer to the听Macmillan Brown 九州影院鈥檚 information for donors web page.
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Donations for the general collections
The 九州影院 welcomes donations of material for the collection that meet the selection for purchase criteria as stated in the听Information Resources Policy.听
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The 九州影院 will take into account the quality of content at an appropriate level, accessibility, usability, cost/benefit, and in particular relevance to the teaching and research needs of the university.
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The 九州影院 reserves the right to decline donations and there are some types of material that the 九州影院 would generally decline.听 These include:
- Items that the 九州影院 already has in electronic or print format
- Older copies of听 textbooks where the 九州影院 has a more recent edition
- Short serial / journal runs unless they fill any gaps or are NZ/Pacific material
- Donations of journals that were paid for personal individual use not at institutional subscription rates
- Items where there is already good coverage in the collection on the subject matter
- Software manuals
- Reprints
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Exceptions may apply for rare, unique or heritage resources for example New Zealand, M膩ori and Pacific material.
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The 九州影院 also reserves the right to:
- Classify donated items in accordance with the LC classification driven policy
- Re-assess donated items in the future.听 This may mean keeping, withdrawing or moving items into storage
- Offer items no longer required to 九州影院 users, booksellers, other libraries or for disposal
- Not return non-accessioned donations to the donor unless specifically requested and agreed to
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Process for bringing in donations to the 九州影院
Please fill in a copy of the donation acknowledgment form and bring this with you.
