Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Collection Management/Gifts

Collection Management

This unit coordinates the addition of materials to the on-site and electronic collections of the UMBC Library, ensuring the best possible support for research and study by UMBC faculty, students, and staff. Faculty and librarians work together to achieve these goals and objectives.

Visit the Library Liaisons FAQ for more information about the Library Liaisons program.

There are more than one million items in the Library collection. For a further look at what your library holds, please see Books & More.

to recommend that the library buy a particular title, please use our Book & Media Purchase Recommendation Form, supplying as much information as possible.

Books written or contributed to by UMBC faculty and staff are actively collected by the library. Please notify the Collection Management Librarian if you have recently had a book published, so that copies can be purchased for the collection. A copy is cataloged and added to the Special Collections Faculty and Staff Collection.

Gifts

We also rely on the generosity of donors who have greatly assisted us in developing a full collection by giving books, journals, photographs, and other materials. If you have materials you think would be suitable and are interested in donating them to the UMBC Library, please read our Gifts and Endowments information page.

If you have questions or need further information about either book ordering or donating materials, please call the Collection Management office at 410-455-2341 or send email to Collection Management.

Staff