The book donation shed is now open!

Book Donation Guidelines

We accept these items in like-new condition:

• Hardcover books

• Puzzles

• Paperback books

• Music on CD

• Audiobooks on CD - DVDs

We do not accept:

• Encyclopedias

• Textbooks

• Video tapes

• Magazines

• Vinyl records

• Cassette tapes

• Readers Digest Books

• Crummy, Smelly, Torn, Old Books

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)

• Other local libraries (Friends of the Oneida Library are currently accepting donations)

No loose books; leave your items in boxes or bags that are light enough to carry.

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.

Thank you for understanding. We look forward to seeing you at the Book Sale on the Village Green in July!