Give To The Library
Donors and benefactorsÌýplayÌýa significant roleÌýin supporting the Library to provide much needed resources for University teaching and research.
When you donate to the University Library you are directly supporting our students and researchers.
Barr Smith Library Appeal
The Barr Smith Library is more than just a place to study – for almost 130 years it has beenÌýa place where students and researchers alike have found support and space for quiet reflection, while still being atÌýthe very heartÌýof our North Terrace Campus.
When you give to the Barr Smith Library appeal, you are preserving those experiences for generations of students to come.
Financial donations
As outlined in our Development Plan, your financial donation will help us digitise and conserve unique and important items from our collections. It can also help us build new state-of-art facilities to meet the needs of students or provide additional resources to support the development of new courses to benefit both current and future scholars.
Donate today or learn about the different ways that you can give to the University Library.
Collection offers
The Library will be pausing the acceptance of donations of physical items to both its main circulating collections, as well as all Special Collections, until 2026. In a limited number of circumstances, exceptions to the 2024/2025 collection donation pause may be approved by the University Librarian.
Cultural Gifts Program
°Õ³ó±ðÌý enables donors to receive a tax deduction for the market value of rare books and other collectible items donated to the University Library.ÌýPotential donors are invited to contact the University Librarian to discuss any proposed donation or offer of material under the Cultural Gifts Program.