General Donations Policies
From library opening time to 4pm every day, as long as the library is open.
2 boxes per day!
NO ickies!
If you have a large collection of books to donate, please contact us.
Note: Donations close when space is not available, a week or so before and after our two big semi-annual sales, and mid-December to early January, to give our volunteers a holiday. Please contact us by email if you want to make sure donations are open before coming to the branch.
2 boxes per day!
NO ickies!
If you have a large collection of books to donate, please contact us.
Note: Donations close when space is not available, a week or so before and after our two big semi-annual sales, and mid-December to early January, to give our volunteers a holiday. Please contact us by email if you want to make sure donations are open before coming to the branch.
If you're planning to bring in donations, review our list below of books we can and cannot accept.
BOOKS WE CAN AND CANNOT ACCEPT
YES, PLEASE - DO DONATE
NO, THANK YOU
YES, PLEASE - DO DONATE
- Books for readers of all ages, from newborn to 99
- Good condition used books in fiction or non-fiction
- New books, best sellers, coffee-table, gift books
- Cookbooks - very recent or favorite classics
- Non-English books - non-fiction only; educational books such as dictionaries, language learning,"Berlitz", word concepts, etc.
- Educational materials - Recent (typically within the last 5 years) text books, test-prep materials. No high school or college language foreign text books.
- Especially desired non-fiction subjects: Art, Biographies, Business, History, Investing, Philosophy, Science
- Collectible books, antiquarian items, books prior to 1950
- General Magazines - Prior to 1960 or less than 3 months old
- Other media - CDs, DVDs, audio books on CD, educational DVDs from The Great Courses
- Good condition puzzles or games (all the pieces) - can be handed directly to the librarians at the desk
NO, THANK YOU
- NO VHS tapes, audio cassettes, or phonograph/vinyl records
- NO self-help, relationship, medical books more than 3 years old
- NO travel books more than 3 years old
- NO maps, atlases, TripTiks, etc.
- NO National Geographic, Smithsonian, oversized magazines, or free/membership magazines (AARP, AAA, etc.)
- NO remainders from yard sales, rummage sales, etc.
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