Donations

Making a donation or bequest to the Galvin Library is a lasting tribute and puts essential resources into the hands of this and future generations.  Thanks for thinking of us! All donations to the library are tax deductible.

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Reaffirming its historic commitment to the mid-South Side, Illinois Institute of Technology and its libraries work closely with community organizations and residents on a host of projects and a variety of educational opportunities for young area residents. The Galvin Library has assisted in many of the programs offered to area students: Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), Young Scientist Summer Camp, and the Discovery Approach to Science Enhancement (DASH) program.

The Galvin Library is also a Federal Depository Library. It complies with the Federal Depository Library Program. The Federal Depository Library Program (44 USC 19) provides for the establishment and maintenance of depository libraries and the distribution of Government documents to those libraries for use by the public. (Federal Depository Library Manual, 11/93)

Members of the local community may visit the library during public access hours and use its government depository and other resources, but the library staff reserves the right to limit access to materials, resources, or equipment needed by IIT students and faculty. After 6:00PM an IIT ID, or an ID from an ILCSO consortia member will be needed to enter the library. IIT alumni are permitted to access the library after 6:00PM according to alumni policies and procedures.

No borrowing privileges are allowed. However, individuals who wish to borrow a specific book the library owns may use the interlibrary loan services of their local Chicago Public Library branch. 

Galvin Library instruction librarians offer workshops to area residents and neighborhood schools.  For more information, please contact the Instruction Coordinator and see our course offerings at http://www.gl.iit.edu/llc/index.html.  

Visitors must conduct themselves in a way that does not disrupt the study environment of the library or threaten damage to library collections, resources, facilities, or equipment. 

Each visitor under the age of 17 must be accompanied by an adult, 21 years of age or older, and must accept the terms stated above. In addition, parents are responsible for the use of the library and the behavior of their children. 

Visitors who fail to adhere to these policies will be asked to leave the library.