Giving to the Library

    Your gift will make a difference. The vision and generosity of our individual and corporate donors provides a margin of excellence for Poynter Library to augment the basic funding provided by the State of Florida. Our donors, for example, recently funded a wireless network and purchased laptop computers for student checkout, significantly improved our modern literature and reference collections, and funded preservation activities of local history resources in our special collections department. Your gift will help us continue to enhance our high-quality collections, up-to-date technologies, and innovative services that support our faculty and students in their teaching, learning, and research. We encourage you to invest in the library in the following ways:

Monetary gifts: Donations of cash or securities may be directed to support a particular library program or collection area or may be given to an unrestricted fund that serves the library's most immediate needs. Gifts may also be made to endowment funds that help to ensure our future excellence. Planned giving for future gifts and naming opportunities within our library are also available. For more information on donating to the library, please contact Library Administration (727-873-4401) or the USFSP Development Office (727-873-4456).

Contribute a book in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one: The gift of a book in the subject of your choice will be recognized through a bookplate and a letter of acknowledgement to the individual or family being honored. Please contact Library Administration (727-873-4401) or the USFSP Development Office (727-873-4456) for more information.

Donations of library materials: Books and other library resources may be added to our collections or contributed to the book sale conducted by the Society for the Advancement of Poynter Library. For information on the library's gift policy, please see http://www.nelson.usf.edu/collections/ or contact the Collection Development Librarian (727-553-4626).

Membership in the Society for Advancement of Poynter Library: Join a group of library friends that have provided support and advocacy for the library since 1984. For more information on their projects and activities, please see: http://www.nelson.usf.edu/sapl or contact Library Administration (727-873-4401).