Donations

The Library welcomes donations of books on medicine and surgery, published after 1850. Books, records, or personal papers with an Irish medical interest are acceptable regardless of date. The Library reserves the right to retain or dispose of donations, as it deems appropriate in the light of processing and retention costs. Donations of print journals may occasionally be accommodated.

If you wish to discuss a large donation to the RCSI Library Collections please email the Content and Metadata Management team: ejournals@rcsi.ie. 

Appendix C GUIDELINES FOR DONATIONS, BEQUESTS, AND GIFTS    

RCSI Library has in the past, been enhanced by bequests of collections of books, private papers, and memorabilia. Such gifts, as well as financial donations, to support the purchase, storage, cataloguing, or conservation of the collections are most welcome.

We may accept, subject to certain conditions, books, records, or personal papers with an Irish medical interest, as well as books on medicine and surgery published before 1850. We may not accept material in poor condition or that might require further conservation costs.

All donated material becomes the property of RCSI

1. RCSI Library reserves the right to retain or dispose of donated material, under our collection development policy.
2. Donated material in poor condition, duplicates or material outside the scope of our collection development policy is subject to disposal, and, where appropriate, recycling.
3. The cataloguing of donated material is only as staff resources permit.

RCSI Library provides a form of agreement for donors to sign, which can be requested at the Information Point in 26 York Street. 

Our collections are continuously growing through the generous donations of alumni and other private donors. We are dedicated to enhancing our collections as a valuable resource for the teaching, research and practice of medicine, and surgery in Ireland.

The collecting interests of RCSI Heritage Collections are outlined in our Collections Development Guidelines and conditions of donations are available in our Donations Policy below.

If you are interested in donating to RCSI Heritage Collections or would like to discuss any aspect of our donations policy, please feel free to contact us.