Three of the entries included in the bibliography are publications from the 1970s, with the
earliest being from 1973 (Lane). Despite the existence of many sources published on library gift
materials before the 1970s, to keep the coverage more current and relevant, the vast majority of
publications in this bibliography date from the 1980s and 1990s. The areas emphasized in most of
the sources cited include gift acceptance policies, gift processing, solicitation of gifts, and the role gifts play in the collection management departments in libraries. It does not contain sources that
deal exclusively with the issues of monetary gifts, corporate funding, or financial gifts to libraries.
The number of materials published on library development programs and fund-raising campaigns,
particularly in the past decade, is substantial enough to constitute an entire bibliography and,
therefore, is not included here.