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Donate Materials To Special Collections

Donating Rare and Unique Materials
The Special Collections department at NDU libraries accepts as donation rare and unique archival materials including rare books, manuscripts, photographs, audiovisual materials and architectural drawings that relate to the history, society, and culture of Lebanon, Maronite and the Region. Please view the Department's Collecting Areas for additional guidelines on the types of materials we may be interested in.

If you have personal papers, valuable and rare published materials that might enrich the research and teaching resources of Special Collections please contact specialcollections@ndu.edu.lb.

Thank you for your interest in supporting The Special Collections Department at NDU libraries.

The Donation Process
  1. Donors are encouraged to contact the Special Collections before removing, discarding or rearranging historical materials. The Special Collections librarian will work with the donor to identify valuable materials and prepare them for transfer to NDU Libraries, Zouk Mosbeh.
  2. Before the physical transfer of materials, donors must sign a that establishes and governs the legal relationship between the donor and the Special Collections department.
  3. Donated materials will be housed in an area with strict environmental controls to enhance preservation of these valuable materials.
  4. Special Collections professionals will be responsible of organizing, preserving, describing materials in a detailed finding aid and providing researchers with easy access to special collections. The resulting finding aid will be posted on the Special Collections website, making it available to all researchers to identify material that will be useful to them in their work.
The holdings of Special Collections have grown in the last few years through many donations of unique collections from community members, faculty, students, alumni and friends. With your support, we ensure the long term preservation and permanent access of valuable collections housed in the Special Collections.

For further assistance, please contact:
Notre Dame University-Louaize
Mariam and Youssef (Main) Library, Special Collections
P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Phone: +961 09 218950 Ext: 2218
Email: specialcollections@ndu.edu.lb.
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