Why donate?

Books and media that you donate to the Friends are sold at our book sales to raise money for the Beatley Central Library. That money pays for innovative programs, expanded collections and state-of-the art technology that the Library could not otherwise afford. Your donations help the Library serve our entire community the best way possible.

What can be donated?

All donations need to be in good condition: clean, no water damage, mold or odor, odorless, pages whole, binding intact, and pages free of highlights, underlining and notes. No old yellowed paperbacks.

Needed items

• Books - fiction and nonfiction

• Hardcover/Paperbacks/Children’s/Young Adults/Foreign Language/Large Print/Antique

• Textbooks if less than 5 years old

• Sheet music and books of music

• Media with original cases intact: CDs, DVDs, vinyl records

Materials we can’t use (please recycle!)

• Encyclopedias, yearbooks, atlases, museum pamphlet guides, patterns, and maps

• Magazines, professional or literary journals, or publisher’s advance proof/reader copies

• VHS or audio cassette tapes, homemade DVDs or CDs, videos and tapes

• Old computer or game software

• Finance, business, wellness, health, self-help, political opinion, law, science, and travel books more than 5 years old

• Computer, technology, and professional medical books more than 2 years old

• Toys, games, puzzles, address books, photo albums, or household decor items