The Friends of the Kirkland Town Library are looking for volunteers to help at the annual book sale.  Shifts are available from Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12. In particular, help is needed with setting up tables, loading and unloading boxes of books, cashiers, arranging tables, and cleaning up. Service hours are available for students. For more details, including specific dates and times when help is needed, stop in the library or email clinton@midyork.org.

We are now accepting donations for the 2026 Friends Annual Book Sale on the Village Green.

Due to limited storage space, we can only accept books in pristine condition. Please make sure all items are in like-new condition and are items you would purchase again.

Like-new means:

Covers are intact         no odors         not chewed on

haven’t been wet         not stained     didn’t need to be dusted off first

not stored in your basement

We do not accept:

encyclopedias        textbooks                         videotapes (VHS)

magazines              Readers Digest Books    cassette tapes

vinyl records          toys/games

Please understand that while you may think your books are priceless, we know from experience what will sell. (That’s why the sale is so popular and a fantastic fundraiser for the KTL!) Any items not accepted are yours to take home.

Other places to donate books:

• Better World Books drop box located outside the Mid York Library System headquarters, 1600 Lincoln Ave, Utica. (Donations here help ALL the libraries.)

• Thrifty Shopper, New Hartford Shopping Center – accepts donations but prefers newer titles

• Little Free Libraries (several around the area)

• Stores with book exchanges (like Kinney)

How to recycle or dispose of books:

• Remember – books have a shelf life. If it’s been on your shelves longer than you can remember, if you didn’t feel a pang when letting it go, or if you wouldn’t buy it, then it’s okay to let them go to the big bookshelf in the sky.

• Paperback books can be recycled.

• If you rip out the pages from hardcovers, the pages can be recycled, and the covers tossed in the trash.