The digital-first principle and the high cost of adding and maintaining print donations in the General Collection prevent us from accepting donations of physical material, except for exhibition catalogues and Indigenous or hard to acquire materials.
We will also evaluate offers of significant donations of material that is highly relevant to RMIT’s learning, teaching and research programs, or strategic priorities.
RMIT Library Vietnam may choose a different approach to ours when evaluating donations of physical material.
Donations of digital material, including open access resources, that are required for a course or align with the University’s strategic priorities will be considered. We will assess copyright, licensing provisions, and the costs of processing and maintaining the material over time before accepting digital material.
Donors must complete a Deed of Gift agreement for the Library to consider their donation. Once we accept donated item/s, the Library becomes their owner and has the right to manage, discard or otherwise deal with the item at its discretion.
We also reserve the right to dispose of unsolicited donations without notifying donors.
Are you considering donating to our Library?
We will assess your donation for relevance, currency, condition, uniqueness and value to the RMIT Community. Unsolicited donations that meet the above criteria will be gratefully received and added to the collection; those that don't will be passed to other libraries, RMIT students, or discarded.
To discuss your donation, please email:
