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Guidelines
for Gifts to the Oakland Public Library
Thank you for your inquiry regarding gifts of books or non-book materials to the Oakland Public Library. We're happy you thought of us. We regularly receive such gifts and, while we appreciate being considered as a home for these items, not every item is appropriate for the collection. For a gift to be added to the collection, it must meet the same standard as purchased material. Gifts must be timely as to content and format, in good physical condition, have either contemporary significance or permanent value, and be consistent with existing library collections. Some examples of gifts that the library encourages are:
Some examples of material that the library will not accept include:
Magazines are generally not accepted. Some are accepted after prearrangement with the Magazine and Newspaper Room in the Main Library. Gifts are also evaluated for their condition. Books with yellowed or missing pages, damaged spines, musty smells, stains, visible mildew, underlining or highlighting cannot be added to the collection and are not accepted. Audio-visual materials that are damaged or incomplete cannot be added to the collection and are not accepted. Exceptions to the above guidelines may be made for gifts to specialty collections such as the Oakland History Room and AAMLO. Unused gifts cannot be returned to the donor. They may be offered to the Friends of the Library for public sale, discarded, or disposed of in some other way. We encourage donors to recycle books themselves, as this is a time consuming activity for our staff. See the next page for information on book recycling. The Library cannot be responsible for the appraisal of gifts for income tax or any other purpose. The Library will provide a receipt describing number and type of donated material. Gifts of children's materials are evaluated separately by Children's Services librarians and subject to additional criteria. Local Information on Book Recycling and Reuse Note: Paperback books can be recycled with other paper recycling. The book can be of any size as long as it does not have a hard cover. Alameda County
Recycling Hotline California
Waste Solutions - Oakland (will accept hardback books) Sutta Company
- Oakland Public Library Books for the
Barrios - Concord St Vincent
de Paul - San Leandro Moes Bookstore
- Berkeley
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