Accepts books and DVD donations
- Must be in good condition (minimal damage and no writing)
- Preference for hard cover copies
Must be okay with the possibility that donated items may be resold by the library.
Not currently accepting donations
We accept donations during open hours
We ask for clean intact books and ask for no textbooks or mass market.
We confirm that the donor is comfortable with our choice of:
1) first we determine if we will keep for our circulation
2) then we determine if we will sell in our ongoing book sale
3) then we determine what to save for our annual book sale
Eventually we purge books to Savers or other places if we are overflowing.
Sometimes we are willing to review photos so that the donor can direct books to other places, or review an estate if it is a reasonable distance.
Currently downsizing collection - only accepting donations of:
- SW/local history books
- Special collection items for display/gallery
- Primary documents or photos related to Eunice area
We accept donations during open hours
- Interested in local history/Southwest titles.
- Would like to receive new materials (preferably hard cover and published in the last 5-10 years)
- Please do not bring damaged or outdated books.
Donors must be okay with excess or unwanted books being taken to op.cit. books
Not currently accepting donations
Accepts books, DVDs, and books on CD.
- Preferences: Classics and books published after 2000
- NO textbooks or encyclopedias
- NO VHS tapes
Accepts used board games and puzzles but MUST have all the pieces.
Must be okay with the possibility that donated items may be resold by the library.
Here's what our staff and volunteers do with your donations:
- Set aside new books to be considered for our collection
- Organize, box and store all the high quality materials for our next book sale
- Recycle/throw away items that are too old, damaged or otherwise not salable
- Box the remainders for shipping to an online book seller
What to Donate
- Hardcover and softcover books—clean and in good condition
- DVDs
- Audio books
- Music CDs
- Special Collections
When We Accept Donations
- We accept donations by appointment during open library hours. No appointment required for less than three boxes/bags.
- Please, no more than five bags/boxes per week.
- Please use non-returnable containers that don't weigh more than 40 lbs.
Some Items We Cannot Accept:
- For health reasons, we cannot accept moldy, water damaged, or rodent damage items.
- Textbooks, magazines, encyclopedias, computer manuals, outdated instruction books, dictionaries or thesauri.
- Audio cassettes, VHS tapes or LP records
- Sample, copied or incomplete CD/DVD sets
What to Do with Items We Will Not Accept:
Discard
- Moldy, water or rodent damaged materials; these are a health hazard for our volunteers
- Personally recorded items including "burned" or copied digital materials
- Incomplete DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks
Recycle (e.g., charities, county/city/private recycling)
- Activity books, workbooks
- Annuals, yearbooks
- Audio cassettes, VHS tapes, LP records
- Books in poor condition
- Books published by magazines (e.g., Reader’s Digest, Time-Life Books)
- Computer software and manuals
- Directories, telephone books
- Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri
- Free, examination or advanced reading copies
- Journals, newspapers, magazines
- Law books and related
- Print materials in languages other than English or Spanish
Accepts books
- Decent condition
- Especially interested in Spanish/SW history
Must be okay with the library taking unwanted donations to nearby underserved libraries in Texas (Kermit and ?)
