Donating Books to the Library

We love getting donations! For information about how to donate books, contact Lindsey Sinnott by email at library_acq@hiu.edu or by phone at (714) 879-3901, ext. 1218.

If we receive duplicates or books that do not fit with our curriculum needs, we can find a suitable home for them. Rather than hold a book sale, we have commissioned Better World Books to manage our used book sale online.

We send them our discards and they display and sell them online. We then receive a percentage on consignment for the books that sell. Part of the proceeds also goes to a literacy initiative, Books for Africa. See more information about our use of Better World Books on our blog.

Buy a New Book

The Darling Library now has a Wish List on Amazon.com! These are books that our faculty have requested in support our curriculum but we have not yet been able to buy. You can help support us by purchasing a book from a Wish List

You can link directly to our Wish List or, when you are shopping on Amazon, click on the "Wish List" button and search for Darling Library in "Find Someone’s List." To help you find an book to purchase, you can sort the list by priority (high to low), price, date added, or title.

If you chose to donate a new book to us this way, it will automatically be removed from our Wish List and you will have the option of selecting our shipping address to send it right to us! Your name will appear as the purchaser in the packing slip, but please include your contact information in the gift message.

We keep adding to the list so come back again and again to see what's new!

To ask questions or make suggestions about our Wish List, contact Lindsey Sinnott at (714) 870-3901, ext. 1218 or email library_acq@hiu.edu.