• Are you seeking a tax deduction?

• Are you running out of space to shelve your books?

• Are you moving or retiring and don't know what to do with all your books?

We will send you a formal thank you letter indicating the number of books received. By law, we can't provide you with an appraisal of the donation, but you can do this yourself or hire an appraiser. Then you will be able to deduct the value of your gift on your income tax return.

The Library is most interested in the following types of books:

• History books
• Biographies
• Scholarly books that would be useful in writing term papers
• Textbooks published in the last five years
• Award winning children's books
• Current and popular novels for our Recreational Reading Collection

There are, however, some books that we can't use or even sell:

• Old medical books
• Long runs of law books
• Books that have been stored in basements, have a musty smell, or show signs of mold
• Science and technology books published more than five years ago
• Reader's Digest Condensed books
• Textbooks published more than five years ago