Donations

Supporting UW Mathematics Research Library

• Monetary donations are always welcome and very useful!  Please direct your gift to the Math Library Fund.
• Donations of new research-level books are especially helpful too.
• Faculty frequently offer their collection of books and journals to the UW Libraries. While Math Research is eager to accept clean copies of mathematics and statistics items that we need, in most cases we cannot accept duplicates of titles we already have. Please review your collection for graduate level materials and then give us a list detailing the author-title-year of publication info of items thought to be of interest to us.  We will check our holdings for what we need and get back to you.

For items of broader interest than research level mathematics and statistics, contact the UW Libraries' Gift Program. They can also field questions regarding tax concerns, appraisals, back issue dealers, University and Libraries gift policies and procedures, referrals to other libraries (local, regional, international), etc.

Supporting the academic community here or abroad

• AMS Book/Journal Donation Program
  The AMS Book and Journal Donation Program matches donors of certain types of mathematical materials with recipient institutions or libraries in currency-poor or developing countries where there is a need for mathematical research literature. Potential donors notify the AMS of their available donations, which are then (if suitable) listed on this web site. Potential recipients from eligible countries (see list on web page) can browse the list of available items and apply to the AMS for the materials (in extraordinary cases, applications made from within the U.S. and Canada might be approved). If a match is made, the donor will then be notified with instructions on shipping directly to the recipient. Shipments are never made to the AMS. The donor packs the materials (if possible), schedules the pick-up and the international shipping by a suitable shipper, and pays the shipping bill.   The AMS will then reimburse the donor.
• Sell or give away your good used books:
  
  • UW Bookstore, Powells.com, or other used book buyers.
  • Organize an annual mathematical or statistical sciences used book sale.  Then donate the proceeds to the Math Library Fund!
  • With permission of your department, put items in your departmental lounge for give away to students.

Please feel free to suggest worthy math/stat-oriented nonprofit organizations or used book dealers.