book donations

Book Donation Guidelines

Book donations are added to the library’s collection if they meet the same standards as those required of our purchased materials. Other book donations support the library through our ongoing used book sale, are distributed to our community via our free book shelves, or are sent to Better World Books to be resold for the benefit of the library or recycled in an environmentally friendly way. 

If you have more than two boxes of books, please call ahead. Please bring all donations to the front desk.

We can accept any of the following:

  • Hardcover and paperback books for children, teens, and adults

  • Contemporary and classic fiction

  • Popular nonfiction such as cookbooks, biographies, history

  • DVD movies

  • Audiobooks on CD

We cannot accept:

  • Books in poor condition (stained, yellowed, moldy, torn)

  • Encyclopedias

  • Textbooks

  • Readers Digest condensed books

  • Outdated reference books

  • Books discarded by other libraries

  • Audio cassettes, VHS tapes, and CDs     

Any of these unaccepted items will be discarded.

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