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University Libraries

Empower Innovation and Excellence

Advance high-impact initiatives that enrich student learning. Your gift enables the University Libraries to:

  • Equip students with essential information literacy skills

  • Create vibrant, student-centered learning and study spaces

  • Invest in innovative technologies for research and collaboration

  • Broaden opportunities for students to engage with our distinctive University of Dayton and Catholic collections

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Priority Areas

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Dean’s Fund for Excellence

Support our initiatives to foster academic success, preserve UD's rich heritage, and teach students to discover, critically evaluate and synthesize complex information in a rapidly changing knowledge environment.

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Marian Library

Help us to fulfill our goal of welcoming everyone to discover Mary through art, research, education, collections and curricula.

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University Archives and Special Collections

Fund much-needed digital archiving projects, climate controls, storage facilities, conservation and other crucial improvements.

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You Make a Difference
A University of Dayton student carefully examines a book supported by a blue book cradle during a special collections class.
Libraries
10.07.2026

Hands-On History link-arrow link-arrow

In Roesch Library’s new special collections classroom, UD students are exploring rare books and artifacts to spark curiosity and hands-on learning by, well, holding it.
Samuel Johnson’s definition of the word “gift.”
Libraries
08.11.2026

The Gift of Words link-arrow link-arrow

Recent donations of two rare dictionaries represent critical points in the history of language.
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Magazine Article
07.08.2026

A librarian, a front porch and a legacy link-arrow link-arrow

University of Dayton's new life‑size porch inside Roesch Library honors librarian Heidi Good Gauder ’90, inviting students into the leisure reading and community she loved.
Donating Materials

If you are interested in donating materials, they must fit the scope of our special collections. Please contact the collection area in advance:

Due to collection priorities, University Libraries does not accept donations of items for Roesch Library's general collections.

Retention and Circulation of Gifts
Donated materials become the property of University Libraries and may become available physically or digitally. University Libraries reserves the right to retain or dispose of gift materials in whatever way best serves the mission of the University and the collections scope of the Libraries.

Acknowledgment and Receipt
University Libraries makes written acknowledgments of all gifts accepted. The letter of acknowledgment notes the number of volumes received but does not include a list of the items or estimates of their values; University Libraries is not permitted to assign a cash value to gifts. Donors who want an itemized donation acknowledgment must submit an accurate list of donated titles with each donation.