Support the Library

• Make a gift by credit card
  Please visit The Make a Gift to Georgia Tech page to support the Library and enter GT Library in the "In Honor of" field.
   
• Make a gift by check
  To make a cash gift designated to the Library, make your check payable to the “Georgia Tech Foundation Inc.” and mail it to the following address:
  
  Georgia Tech Library, Office of the Dean
  C/O the Development Office, Room 5162
  260 4th Street NW
  Atlanta, GA 30332-0365
  
  Be sure to include a note stating that you'd like your gift to be directed to support the Library.
   
• Make a gift by wire transfer
  For gifts by wire transfer, please contact Development at 404-754-3781, or development@library.gatech.edu for instructions.
   
• Make a gift of stock electronically to Georgia Tech
  For gifts of stock, please contact Development at 404-754-3781, or development@library.gatech.edu for instructions.

Many companies match the gifts of their current or retired employees. Your company’s human resources department can provide details on its policies and provide a matching gift form to include with your gift.

Bequests and other planned gifts are some of the greatest sources of funding for Georgia Tech. These gifts stabilize our financial foundation, securing the future of Georgia Tech while perpetuating a legacy of giving. There are several available tools, such as will or living trust provisions, retirement plan or life insurance assets, and other methods of including Georgia Tech in your gift planning. Please contact us with any questions.

The Georgia Tech Library benefits from donations of materials that support the teaching and research activities of the Institute as well as monetary gifts. The Library holds more than 6 million books, journal volumes and other items. This has been achieved because of material and monetary support of the campus administration and other friends of the Institute.

Donated gifts-in-kind have often helped to enhance the collection, particularly during periods when the Institute has been facing tighter budget constraints. Gifts of books and other materials, including faculty papers and related artifacts, can contribute a great deal to supplementing the Library’s acquisitions efforts.

Donations that are geared towards new programs or new initiatives can be enormously helpful in jump-starting the building of new collections. Presently, the Library is trying to build up its circulating Science Fiction collection, as well as trying to collect materials to support LMC’s new program in Film Studies. Individual gifts and gift collections in these areas are especially welcome.

Although donations are always welcome, the Library has limited storage capacity, and is therefore unable to add all donated material to our holdings. Donated material is carefully reviewed, and that material which is considered to best meet the needs of our university is selected. For subject area materials, please contact the appropriate subject librarian for assistance in reviewing your collection. Arrangements can be made to pick up donated items from on-campus locations.

When accepted, gifts become the property of the Georgia Tech Library with the understanding that they are to be used for the benefit of the Library. The Library reviews all gift material to determine retention, location, cataloging and other issues related to the gift’s use or disposition. Items that cannot be added to our collection are often sent to Better World Books, an agency which collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. A portion of the proceeds from this agency are returned to the Library, and are used to help build our collections. Upon request, items can also be returned to the donor, if they are not added to our Library’s collection. This request must be made at the time of the donation.

Gifts will be acknowledged in writing. It is, however, the donor’s responsibility to create an itemized inventory, if needed for tax purposes (a Gift Materials Receipt Form is available for your use). When requested, gifts placed in the Library will be identified with a donor gift plate and included in the Library’s online catalog. Cash donations to help expedite processing as well as defray the costs of maintaining the material are greatly appreciated.