Friends of the Library

We have 41 local Friends of the Library groups. New members are always welcome. Interested in joining a local Friends group? Find your next local meeting on our calendar. Or, contact your local library to find out more.

Most of the Friends groups ask that members pay small annual dues, around $5 per year. Members also volunteer time for fundraising projects, community events, and meeting attendance.

Most Friends of the Library groups welcome donations of:

• Hardcover and paperback books in good condition
• Audiobooks on CD
• Music CDs
• DVDs and video computer games
• Comics and graphic novels

Please check with your local group for more information.

Most Friends of the Library groups are unable to accept:

• Books that are missing pages, smelly, warped, torn, stained, mildewed, damaged, wet, or in otherwise poor condition
• Textbooks and reference materials older than five years
• Reader’s Digest Condensed books or Time-Life sets
• Encyclopedias
• Magazines, periodicals, or professional journals
• VHS videos, music, or language on cassettes
• Audio visual media that is a copy, is incomplete, or is without original case and notes

Check with your local group for more information.

You can donate books to your preferred Friends group. During operating hours you can donate books through the library itself. Due to limited storage space, there may be a limit to how many boxes of donations we can accept at one time. Please contact your Friends Group if you plan to donate more than two boxes to make sure there is space.

We generally do not add donations to the cataloged collection. It is often more expensive to prepare donated books for library use than to buy them. When we buy materials from our vendors, they provide deep discounts and do much of the processing for us.

Yes. Please contact your local library for more information.

Most libraries accept book donations, but space is limited. Please call your local library to confirm they are currently accepting book donations.