APPENDIX I

GIFTS TO LIBRARY FROM MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY

Donations and bequests of money, personal property, or real estate are encouraged and accepted, and are subject to review by the Board of Trustees.

PRACTICE

Gifts of books, periodicals, records, tapes, equipment, etc., shall be added to the library’s collection only as such gifts are useful and fit in with the library’s needs, goals, and programs. In accepting gifts every consideration shall be given to the donor’s wishes as long as they are consistent with the library’s needs and policies. The library reserves the right to refuse books or other items.

Money gifts, gifts of stocks, bonds, endowments, estates, land, etc., will be accepted provided conditions of such gifts are acceptable to the Board of Trustees, and shall be deposited and/or used as determined by the Board.

Special memorial gifts of funds for the purchase of books or other library materials may be accepted and appropriate notations placed on them at the discretion of the Library Director. If gifts of funds for the purchase of books or other library materials are to be accepted, the donor may have the choice of selecting one of the following three dedications: In Tribute to Proper Name; In Memory of: Proper Name; Donated to the New City Library by:  Proper Name. (4/19/01)

The library will ordinarily not accept materials which are not outright gifts.

The appropriate means of recognizing donors of gifts to the library shall be determined by the Board of Trustees.

The appraising of a gift to the library for tax, insurance, or other purposes is the responsibility of the donor, but the library may make arrangements for and suggestions concerning appraisals. The cost of the appraisal should ordinarily be borne by the donor. The acceptance of a gift which has been appraised by a third – and disinterested – party does not in any way imply an endorsement of the appraisal by the library.

Adopted by the
Board of Trustees
7/19/90
(amended 5/17/01)