Depending on their suitability and relevance to the College Library, donations would be additional source of acquiring library materials and equipment especially in the face of a meagre budget.

However, the library would accept donations of materials on the basis that final deposit of materials is at the discretion of the Library Committee. The library would not accept materials that require appraisals or which requires issuance of tax receipts. 

The library would accept materials in accordance with its collection development policy and therefore selects from donated materials those items that are suitable to the collection. However, to avoid “useless” or junk donation and to ensure student safety and security, as well as protecting patrons’ interest, the following donation would be rejected outright:

• Donations viewed to be poor or inferior in quality, physically deteriorated materials or materials that can be injurious to the health of the users.
• The information content of the material is not beneficial to users and/ or contravenes existing laws of the state (e.g. pornographic materials, etc.).
• Donations with unfavourable and unacceptable conditionality which does not augur well for the library.
• Out of date materials.