Guidelines for Donated Materials
We’re pleased to announce
that a handful of dedicated volunteers have stepped forward to sort all the
donated materials that come into the Library throughout the year. This is making our book sale set ups run very
smoothly and has freed the library staff from most of the work involved with
dealing with donated items.
Particularly interesting
or new items are brought to the attention of the Library’s collection
librarians for possible addition to the collection. Our community has been incredibly generous
with donations but unfortunately our storage capacity is limited. The following guidelines are necessary to
help us make the most of your donations and better manage donated materials.
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The library
will accept up to three boxes of materials at one time without prior
arrangement. Please bring them to the
staff entrance on
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All donations
are final. If you need an itemized list
of donated materials, please prepare one before dropping your donations off.
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If you have a
larger number of items to donate please contact Steven Stehr at 509-335-2544 or
Mary Hughes at 208-882-9198 to make arrangements for us to be at the library to
take delivery of the items to save staff time.
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We do not
accept the following:
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Reader’s Digest
Condensed Books. These can be put on the
free book exchange shelf upstairs in the vestibule but only a few at a time so
as not to overwhelm this small space.
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Magazines of any kind. There is a free magazine exchange rack
upstairs near the children’s new book section.
Again, try not to overwhelm the fixture.
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Newspapers. These are best recycled
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Textbooks or
computer books. These books are, unfortunately,
often outdated as fast as they are printed.
Try the campus used book venues.
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Encyclopedia
sets more than 5 years old.
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Soiled or
damaged materials (water damage, moldy, smoke smelling, missing covers, broken
spines, missing or falling out pages) If you wouldn’t buy it in a thrift
store, please don’t donate it. The
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Donations that
do not comply with these guidelines cause us to spend time and money to process
and dispose of waste. This is not an
effective use of Friends’ resources or of your donation. We appreciate your understanding.
Thank you for your support of the library!!!
The
Friends of the
Recycling
possibilities
The
Pullman Recycling Center
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