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Donate Your Materials

Now Accepting Donations at Select Locations

Friends of the Library are now accepting items at donation bins. We recommend that you telephone first to confirm space is available before taking donations for drop off at these library locations:

Unsolicited Donations of Materials to the Library Collection

Gifts are evaluated based on the same criteria as purchased materials. Acceptance of donated items is subject to the discretion of the collection development librarians. Donated items not added to the collection are not returned to the donor, but instead are offered to the Friends of the Library, which provides funds for system programs. Monetary donations are encouraged as an alternate form of giving that allows collection development librarians to choose materials guided by this policy.

Items Not Typically Accepted

Most Friends of the Library groups do not accept the following materials:

  • Used magazines and National Geographic
  • Encyclopedias and textbooks
  • Reader's Digest Condensed Books
  • VHS and cassette tapes

You can search the Recyclestuff.org database operated by the Santa Clara County's Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission to find local organizations and agencies that may accept these and other materials.

We recommend contacting any organization before visiting to confirm what they accept and to check operating hours.

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