Important Meeting DatesBoard Meetings - 2023 January 10, March 14, May 9, July 11, September 12, and Annual Meeting on November 8. (In person in the library program room.) Meetings are held virtually. All are welcome! Please email almadenfriends@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the meeting on zoom. We hope to see you at our Spring Book Sale in April 2024! 
The Friends of the Almaden Library request donations of gently used books and sells them to raise money for the library. Since the new library opened, the Friends have held two used book sales each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. There is also a display of books and media items in the Lobby Sale Area, near The Oasis Cafe, for sale at all times that the building is open. Sales here are on the honor system at the same low rates as during the large book sales. Customers shop here so frequently that annual profits from this Lobby Sale Area are now exceeding those at the two large book sales. |
The Friends of the Almaden Library is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, TIN: 46-0496690.
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Book Donation Guide
We greatly appreciate your generous donations in support of the Almaden Library. To help us successfully benefit the library, please follow our book-donation guidelines:
1. We can only sell books in very good condition. They should:
be clean with intact bindings and covers
have no musty smell, wrinkled or water damaged pages, or stains
have pages with very little yellowing or browning at edges
no underlining and no highlighting
2. We do not accept or sell any of the following:
Cassette tapes (original or copied)
Video tapes
Law books
Magazines (including Nat'l Geographic)
Encyclopedias
Used coloring or work books
3. We can only use the following books if they are less than five (5) years old:
Travel books
Health or medical advice books
Test preparation manuals
4. We can only use the following books if they are less than ten (10) years old:
Computer books
5. Please check every book for items left inside, such as photos, checks, credit cards, cash, membership cards, etc.
6. Please deposit books in the bins located to the left and right of the library entry.
For materials we cannot accept, consider contacting the following:
Your neighborhood school or local college
Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT)
Palo Alto Friends of the Library
Cupertino Friends of the Library
Santa Clara Friends of the Library
Goodwill Industries
Savers
Local charity shops
In addition, while it is always sad to say good bye, many books need to be recycled to produce more paper products, including new books. All home recyclers accept books in your bin.
1. We can only sell books in very good condition. They should:
be clean with intact bindings and covers
have no musty smell, wrinkled or water damaged pages, or stains
have pages with very little yellowing or browning at edges
no underlining and no highlighting
2. We do not accept or sell any of the following:
Cassette tapes (original or copied)
Video tapes
Law books
Magazines (including Nat'l Geographic)
Encyclopedias
Used coloring or work books
3. We can only use the following books if they are less than five (5) years old:
Travel books
Health or medical advice books
Test preparation manuals
4. We can only use the following books if they are less than ten (10) years old:
Computer books
5. Please check every book for items left inside, such as photos, checks, credit cards, cash, membership cards, etc.
6. Please deposit books in the bins located to the left and right of the library entry.
For materials we cannot accept, consider contacting the following:
Your neighborhood school or local college
Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT)
Palo Alto Friends of the Library
Cupertino Friends of the Library
Santa Clara Friends of the Library
Goodwill Industries
Savers
Local charity shops
In addition, while it is always sad to say good bye, many books need to be recycled to produce more paper products, including new books. All home recyclers accept books in your bin.
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