Donation Guidelines

The library will gratefully accept anytime:

• New fiction and nonfiction books
• New children's books
• Kansas and local history materials
• Some videos, DVDs and music CDs
• Audio books (either cassette or CD format)
• Popular magazines and paperbacks published in the last 3 yrs

Items accepted ONLY during the Annual Book Sale Drive:

• Books, of any age, in excellent condition
• Sets of books (published in the last 10 yrs)
• Puzzles and games
• National Geographic magazines published since 1990

No thank you, the library CANNOT accept:

• Old calendars
• Used greeting cards
• Catalogs of ANY kind
• Records or record players
• Cassette tapes or cassette players
• Travel brochures or maps
• Newspapers
• Reader's Digest Condensed Books (no matter how nice the condition)
• Sets of books older than 10 yrs (Time-Life, for instance)
• General encyclopedias such as World Book
• Audio/visual materials not in their original packaging
• Items in poor physical condition. All items must have the original retail packaging intact. All books must be complete, with all pages and covers intact. Videos, CDs, DVDs, and audio books need ALL contents and original cases. If an item seems questionable to you, ask yourself whether you would buy it in its present condition.