Rarely. The School of Medicine is building a new Health Sciences Campus that we will be moving to in 2027. We are already aware that we will have very limited space for books.
If you choose to donate books to us, we will use our discretion as to whether we add them to our collection or not. Books will not be returned to you.
If your books relate to medicine in South Carolina or if they have a particular connection to the School of Medicine, we would be interested in them.
Rarely. The library at the new Health Sciences Campus will not have space for print journals, since most people use our online journals.
If you have a journal that is rare or has a connection to South Carolina medicine, please feel free to contact us.
Before donating your materials, please contact Laura Howell (Laura.Howell@uscmed.sc.edu) 803-216-3203
Donors will be provided with a Gift Acknowledgement form when gifts are brought to the library. This form serves as a record for tax purposes. It is the donor's responsibility to make a list of titles donated for their records.
The library is prohibited by law from appraising donations or assigning monetary value to gifts. If you wish to determine a value for tax purposes, you should retain an independent appraiser to evaluate your collection before donating it to the library. You may be able to determine the value of particular items using one of these Internet sites for rare and used books:
Search Google to identify local rare or used book dealers who may be interested in older good to fine quality books.
Monetary gifts to the library to purchase books are welcome. Gifts may be made in memory of (or in honor of) family members, colleagues, and friends, or to recognize special individuals. The giver may indicate a particular topic or type of materials to be acquired with the donation. For further information about monetary donations, contact Laura Howell (Laura Howell@uscmed.sc.edu) at (803) 216-3203.