Libraries

Giving to the Libraries

A Gift to the Libraries Helps Every Student!

The University Libraries at UMass Amherst – the largest publicly-supported research library in New England –  engages with students and faculty in support of teaching, learning, and research. Serving the needs of an active university like UMass Amherst requires the Libraries to be creative, flexible, and proactive, and your generosity helps provide sustainable funding for critical Library needs. Philanthropic giving directly supports student success and engagement, reduces barriers to information, and makes possible programming and research that advances efforts in support of social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity. 

Our current top fundraising priorities include

  • The Dean’s Excellence Fund: To address new opportunities and initiatives as they arise including underwriting critical projects, focus on programs that enhance student success and advance social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and make capital improvements to facilitate learning and knowledge production.
  • The Robert S. Cox Special Collections Fund: Support projects and initiatives vital to Special Collections & University Archives.
  • The Science & Engineering Library: Help upgrade and renew the Science & Engineering Library in Lederle Lowrise, that serves half the academic disciplines on campus.

We thank YOU—because of your generosity, every student at UMass Amherst has a great Library!

Ways to Give

Online: Use this link to make your gift online.
Recurring gifts can be set up to charge your credit card the amount you specify each month and you control whether the gift has a stop date or not.

By Check: Simply mail a check payable to UMass Amherst with Libraries noted in the Memo to:
Records and Gift Processing
Memorial Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
134 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9270

Did you know that Matching Gifts can DOUBLE or TRIPLE your gift?

Many companies will match their employees’ gifts and some even match spouses’ or retired employees’ gifts. Check with your company’s personnel office or contact the UMass Amherst Records & Gifts Processing office at 413-545-4721 or email matchinggifts@umass.edu to learn more.

Planned Giving: A planned gift supports UMass Amherst Libraries and can provide tax benefits to you. The Office of Planned Giving can help you plan a gift that yields maximum benefits to you and the Libraries. More information can be found online or be calling Joseph K. Jayne, Associate Director of Planned Giving, jkjayne@umass.edu, 413-577-1402.

Gifts of Materials: The UMass Amherst Libraries welcome donations of materials in good condition that support our Collections Priorities: Curriculum & Research Support, Distinctive Open Collections, Richly Integrated Collections. Please review our Gift Policy for additional criteria. Gift donations must be approved in advance. To make a donation request please contact the Gifts Team at:

To learn more about giving to UMass Amherst Libraries, please contact:

Jeffrey S. Rothenberg
Executive Director of Development, Libraries
Office: 413.545.3343
jrothenberg@uma-foundation.org

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9275