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Book Sale Receipts Donated to Public Library Disaster Relief Fund

November 30, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

We’re pleased to report that the recent Davis Family Library book sale brought in $2,732 and that amount has been donated to the Vermont Public Library Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund to help libraries that were impacted by the floods following Tropical Storm Irene.  The funds will be used for repairs, mold abatement, clean-up and replacement of books, furniture and computers. Thanks to Jess Isler and Carrie Macfarlane for suggesting that we use the proceeds from the sale to support the fund.  Thanks also to our College Cashier and the folks in Accounting for helping us coordinate the donation.

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Library Book Sale

November 3, 2011 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddPoints

Tuesday, November 15th  – Sunday, November 20th ,  

Davis Family Library, 110 Storrs Ave., open at 9:00 AM on first day, continuing during regular library open hours thereafter.

The Davis Family Library will offer withdrawn and duplicate copies of books, music scores, and other media for sale at great prices.   Choose from a wide variety of items for scholarly work or recreational reading, listening, and viewing.  Proceeds from this year’s sale will be donated to the Vermont Public Library Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund, assisting libraries that were impacted by the recent floods.

(Because the low price asked for materials is in part a service to the college community, anyone purchasing items on the first day of the sale will be required to show a Middlebury College ID.  Book dealers are not welcome to purchase items for resale on Tuesday, Nov. 15th).

FMI, contact Joseph Watson 443-5487 jwatson@middlebury.edu

AND!!!  Look for a small preview sale of antique/collectable/like new/especially nice items in the Atrium starting on Wed. the 9th.

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Library Book Sale

November 16, 2009 by
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Tuesday, November 17th – Sunday, November 22nd , Main Library

Open at 9:00 AM on first day, continuing during regular library open hours thereafter.

LIBRARY BOOK SALE–  The Middlebury College Main Library will offer withdrawn and duplicate copies of books, VHS tapes, and other media for sale at great prices.    Choose from a wide variety of items for scholarly work or recreational reading and viewing.  All proceeds from the sale will be added to the library’s materials replacement fund. (Because the low price asked for materials is in part a service to the college community, anyone purchasing items on the first day of the sale will be required to show a Middlebury College ID.  Book dealers are not welcome to purchase items for resale on Tuesday, Nov. 17th). FMI, contact Joseph Watson 443-5487 jwatson@middlebury.edu

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BOOK SALE

November 21, 2008 by
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Submitted by Joseph Watson

BOOK SALE

Many thanks go out to the folks at the Main Lib Circulation Desk for helping with the book sale last week! We made just over $1,500. We sold about 75% of the items that had accumulated to be discarded. About another 15% went for free at the end of the sale and about 10% remained to be recycled.

Every now and then we consider other ways to get rid of our discarded materials.  There are some services that accept discarded books and forward them to charities.  There are some web sites that will accept books, sell them for you and give you a percentage of the profit.  But in order to use these services we would have to sort the books, pack them, and in some cases pay for the shipping.  To get ready for a book sale here all we do is set the items aside as they’re discarded and when we have enough, we put them out for people to take them away, sometimes in exchange for money.  It’s quick and and easy and requires much less staff time to manage than the other options we’ve explored.   Plus people in the College community seem to enjoy buying the items!

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BOOKS FOR SALE

November 7, 2008 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Submitted by Joseph Watson

LIBRARY BOOK SALE:Tuesday, November 11th – Sunday, November 16th , Main Library, open at 9:00 AM on first day, continuing during regular library open hours thereafter.

We offer withdrawn and duplicate copies of books, VHS tapes, and other media for sale at great prices. Choose from a wide variety of items for scholarly work or recreational reading and viewing. All proceeds from the sale will be added to the library’s materials replacement fund. Because the low price asked for materials is in part a service to the college community, anyone purchasing items on the first day of the sale will be required to show a Middlebury College ID. FMI, contact Joseph Watson 443-5487 jwatson@middlebury.edu

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