{"id":14,"date":"2021-09-24T17:36:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/giving\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:15:56","slug":"giving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">About Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/hours\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Library Hours<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/policies\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Policies<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/librarians-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Librarians &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/events\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Events<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/giving\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Giving<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/library-deans-student-advisory-board\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Library Dean\u2019s Student Advisory Board<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/about\/irwin-librarys-next-chapter\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Irwin Library\u2019s Next Chapter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-giving\">Giving<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a former student who appreciated the peace and quiet (or occasionally, fun and games) provided by Butler University Libraries, we would appreciate your gifts to help us continue to offer great resources, spaces and services to current and future Bulldogs. You can make an online donation to support the Irwin or Science Library gift funds at <a href=\"https:\/\/give.butler.edu\/give\/724470\/#!\/donation\/checkout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donate to Butler Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we do&nbsp;appreciate old books in certain circumstances, we have found that accepting discarded items from personal collections is not a strategy for building a collection relevant to the needs of today&#8217;s students. Therefore, the Libraries do not accept gifts of books, magazines, journals, or other physical materials, and we do not accept unsolicited or anonymous gifts of items of any kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do, however, appreciate offers of items for&nbsp;our <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.butler.edu\/SpecialCollections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives<\/a> department if those items help document the history of Butler University, or further our teaching mission. 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