The University Libraries represent the intellectual center of IUP and serve all members of its community. We support and advance IUP’s education and research mission by providing transformative informational resources for its community to access, explore, evaluate, and create knowledge. We strive to embrace the best of traditional research libraries and modern, future-oriented research enterprises.
To develop and maintain collections and services that align with the evolving and future needs of IUP, we rely on private gifts and donations to help move forward. Gifts like yours make the difference between an adequate library and an excellent one.
Your gift can support any aspect of the University Libraries’ operations and helps ensure that the Libraries continue to provide essential and innovative resources for the IUP community.
There are several options available for you to join us in this endeavor.
Giving Contacts
For annual giving, planned giving, or Honor with Books gifts, please contact Kelly Heider, associate vice provost for Libraries and Research Support Services, at 724-357-4886 or by email to kheider@iup.edu.
For donations of books and materials, please contact Sara Evans at 724-357-2345 or by email to slevans@iup.edu.
How to Give
Annual Giving
Small amounts over a long period of time yield big results. Donations to a specific library fund can be made annually, or more frequently as convenience permits, and can be done through payroll deduction. A statement documenting the gift will arrive from the Foundation for IUP each year at tax time.
The easiest way to send your gift to the University Libraries is to use the Foundation for IUP Giveagift secure online form.
Planned Giving
Planned gifts are an effective way to support the University Libraries and, at the same time, to achieve your personal goals. Specialists in the Foundation for IUP can assist in estate planning to make long-term plans for gifts such as stocks, securities, real estate, mutual funds, trusts, wills, and annuities. These gifts can have significant tax benefits for the donors while providing important support for the library and the university.
Honor with Books
Honor with books provides a means to mark special occasions and special people with lasting recognition. With a donation of $50 or more, the library will place a bookplate in a newly purchased book. The bookplate will recognize both the donor and the person honored. It is a permanent addition to the library’s collection—appropriate for graduations, memorial tributes, retirements, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and personal or professional achievements.
The library will send an acknowledgement to the donor with a copy to the honoree, or to the family of the person memorialized, informing them of the donation.
Gifts in Kind
Donations of books, journals, and other appropriate material are made with some frequency. The library works with donors and appraisers to expedite and find the most appropriate use for these important gifts. Gift bookplates identifying donors are added as a matter of routine.
To learn how to make a gift in kind donation, the types of gifts preferred, and tax considerations, please view the Donations of Books and Materials page and our Gift in Kind Donation Form.