Does the library accept book donations?
The library does accept donations at our Main Library in downtown Dayton. Donations are accepted from 9:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. at the delivery/garage area off of Patterson Street. Donations will either be added to the collection or put into our Friends of the Library booksale. For other suggested locations that will accept donations, click here. Returning Materials • Can I return items that I borrowed from one library to a different library? Sure! Be sure that both libraries are part of the Dayton Metro Library System. If you’re not sure, call463-BOOK (2665)for assistance. • I think I may have returned something that belongs to a different library system. Who do I call? The items are held for a couple of days at the location that they were dropped off. After that, they are sent to the Main Library. Items are then mailed back to the agency they belong to. Feel free to call 463-BOOK (2665) for more information. Lost and Found I lost/left something at the library. Did anyone find it? For item
JCPL does not currently accept donations. From time to time we may accept a unique or important item, but in general we do not. There are several reasons we do not. First, we maintain an excellent collection chosen by a top-notch collection development team. In addition, we cannot guarantee the physical qualities of donated items; many times they are damaged in a way that is not apparent until we have thoroughly examined them. We do not have to worry about the physical structure of the items we ourselves add to the collection, and a damaged item can ruin other items it is near on the shelf. If you have items to donate, we encourage you to take them to a local organization which will take such property.
The Friends of the Wayne Public Library accept donations of new and gently used books. Both hardback and paperback titles are accepted for adults and children. The Friends cannot accept donations of text books, encyclopedias, or condensed books. Persons wishing to donate books may drop the books off at the garage entrance of the Main Library Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM during the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, September and October. Book donations are not accepted during July, August, November and December.
