The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries are a top 25 academic public research library with more than 3.5M volumes and many more electronic resources available to our students and faculty. As our collection is already extensive, in many cases offers of gift books or materials may duplicate our holdings. With limited resources, including space, the Libraries must be highly selective in the materials we choose to add to our collection. As a result, we have a focused policy on what types of gifted materials we will consider at the UT Libraries. It is important to note that University Archives accepts inactive records, which are designated as having historical and/or permanent value.
To donate or transfer materials to University Archives at the University of Tennessee, we ask that you first evaluate the suitability of your materials based on the guidelines listed on our University Archives Deposits page (https://lib.utk.edu/about/university-archives-deposits) and then contact us to schedule a pick up of appropriate materials at: archives@utk.edu.
For more information on gifts and donations, please visit: https://lib.utk.edu/about/special-collections-donations
Our full gift-in-kind policies can be found at: https://lib.utk.edu/about/gift-in-kind-policies.
