Donations/Volunteering

 

1. Donate Books and More
   

2.   Make a Monetary Donation
   

3. Volunteer Opportunities: Contact your local library branch manager

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Donate Books and More

The Friends gladly accept donations of gently used books and more based on the general guidelines below. Some items may be added to the Library's collection, but the majority are sold at their monthly used book sales or in the Main Library Bookshop. For more information about the sales, visit the Friends of the Library.

What we would like to receive:

• Gently used hardback and paperback books, fiction and non-fiction, for children and adults
• All antique or collectible books regardless of condition, including first editions and autographed copies
• Records, commercially recorded audio and video cassettes, CDs, DVDs
• Select magazines:
  • All art, architecture, and local (southwest) interest
  • Any magazines for the current year
  • Collectible magazines or issues
• Maps
• Art / Art Prints: Unique artworks acceptable and appropriate to the library are welcomed as are restricted funds to commission specific artwork for library facilities.

Please don't give us:

• Damaged books (broken spines, missing covers, stained, mildewed, excessively highlighted or underlined)
• Reader's Digest Condensed Books
• National Geographic Magazines
• Outdated school textbooks (older than five years)
• Encyclopedias more than 20 years old

If you still have questions about what we will or won't accept, please call the Friends @ 505-768-5167.

Where...When
Donations can be dropped off during regular hours at any branch library except Alamosa, Ernie Pyle, Special Collections, or Westgate.   Library Hours and Map. A few things to remember:

• Items left after hours may be damaged or stolen
• Large donations are best accepted @ Main Library
• Staff may not be available to assist you unload
• Call 768-5141 if you have additional questions

Value of your donation
Your donation is tax deductible. Although we are unable to assign a dollar value to your donation, we are happy to give you an "Acknowledgement of Donation" at the time of drop-off.

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Make a Monetary Donation

Monetary gifts to the library are placed in special accounts and can be used only for library programs and services. All gifts are tax deductible.

• Unrestricted Gift - Your gift will help the library improve and expand its collections and support new and continuing program for literacy and life-long learning.
• Restricted Gift - You choose a specific purpose and location for your gift. For example, you may designate the purchase of large-print books for your local branch library or choose children’s titles for Main Library.
• Memorial/Honorary Gift - You may choose to remember a special person or celebrate a special occasion with your gift. A bookplate may be added to each new book to recognize the person or event. A letter acknowledging your gift will be sent to the honoree or to the family of the person memorialized.
• Bequest - You may designate the library in your will as a beneficiary for the transfer of assets such as cash, securities, real property, art or other valuable personal property.
• A Major Financial Gift - You choose a project from the Library Director's "Wish List" for a gift in excess of $5000.00. Please contact Julia Clarke, Library Director, for details.

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