Particularly aimed at rare book and special collections librarians who deal on a regular basis with donors (or who would like to increase their level of activity in this area); also open to donors  (and prospective donors) and booksellers who would like to know more about how libraries and institutional personnel deal with gifts (and with prospective gifts). Topics include: needs and opportunities (the American tradition of gifts to libraries, privileges and responsibilities of donors and libraries, and dealing with bureaucracies); the institutional framework (institutional realities, dealing with changing priorities); library-donor relations (building working relationships, friends’ groups, fulfilling obligations, coping with staff changes); donor research, tax and legal matters (tax incentives, deeds of gift, gift/ purchase arrangements, gift vs. deposit, appraisals, institutional  record-keeping).