[baisl] Re: Ways to donate weeded books?

  • From: Kristen Baslee <klbaslee@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 12:09:23 -0700

We are in a similar boat. I have had some luck with local homeless
shelters and a Concord based organization called E-Tech Inc
<http://www.e-techinc.org/> (mostly for old textbooks). We are having a
book sale this summer to hopefully "sell" (for a nickle) the majority of
our weeded collection.

-Kristen

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Librarian
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Yearbook Adviser
Mercy High School, Burlingame <http://www.mercyhsb.com/>

Please feel free to contact me:
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On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Elizabeth Goode <
elizabethg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Children's Book Project took a whole bunch of my weeded library books at
the beginning of this year. Maybe I overwhelmed them and they changed their
policy but they did take them in the past.

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Tracey Cosgrove <
traceycosgrove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just checking this email train to see where people are donating their
used library books these days.

The Children's Book Project does not take weeded library books and the
Bay Area Book Exchange is no longer open. Friends of the Oakland Public
Library does not want K-12 weeded books right now. Better World Books is
not taking K-12 library books to sell. Rats! The books I have are mostly
older classic 6-8 titles (e.g. extra copies that have never been checked
out by Katherine Paterson) or paperback K-3 chapter books like *Magic
Tree House.*

Does anyone know of a Bay Area based place to donated used library books?

Thanks for your help!
Tracey Cosgrove
St. Paul's Episcopal School
Oakland, CA




On Friday, January 16, 2015 4:17 PM, Lorrie Culver <lculver@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


We also are doing a massive weeding project so I have contacted local
charities … one woman in the San Diego area works with several different
charities including juvenile hall for teenage girls … she has been able to
forward/donate all the books we've given her so far (and she picks up) but
it is slow going… only about 12 boxes a week.

Will Better World Books leave you a bin?

Thanks,

Lorrie Culver
Technical Services Librarian
La Jolla Country Day School
9490 Genesee Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037
lculver@xxxxxxxxx
(858)453-3440 x 163

From: Daina Dickman <daina.dickman@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: BAISL <baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:55 PM
To: BAISL <baisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [baisl] Ways to donate weeded books?

I am doing a massive weeding project. Most of the books are too
out-of-date or damaged to bother donating, but I will definitely have a
substantial amount that could go on to a good home. What do your libraries
do?

Better World Books and San Francisco Public Library Friends won't take
them. I would need to find a place that does pick-up or free shipping
because I take public transit to work.

Thanks!
Daina Dickman
Brandeis Hillel Day School





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