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It’s coming… the Big Book Sale!

Lisa — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:46 +0000

The annual Friends of the Library Big Book Sale is coming up! As before, it will be held at the Benton County Fairgrounds (map). All profits from the sale will go towards supporting the library. We are very lucky to have such great supporters!

Here are the dates and times for the sale. Get them down on your calendar!

Friday, 2/25: 5 pm to 9 pm

Saturday, 2/26: 10 am to 5 pm

Sunday, 2/27: 11 am to 4 pm

At the sale the Friends will be accepting cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Last year they raised a record $37,000!

They will be selling paperbacks, hardcovers, and kids’ books. They will also have CDs, DVDs and VHS videos.

Thanks, as always, to the Friends for working so hard to support the library. You do great work! And thanks to all you die-hard book sale customers!

Posted by Lisa, a second floor librarian

Boasting about our Friends

thebestlibrary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:45 +0000

*Image credit below

As many of you know because you were there scooping up bargains, the Friends’ Big Book Sale was the last weekend in February. What a whopping success with a record $37,000 earned! It was the first book sale where folks could use their debit and credit cards and about 17% of the sales came from plastic.

Dozens of volunteers pitched in to make it happen. There were 30 ROTC cadets as well as Youth Volunteer Corps and College Hill School helpers, plus the throng of regulars.
A Friend talked to a lady from Montana at the sale. Apparently, the lady’s family plans their reunion every year to coincide with the book sale. She comes from Montana and her sister comes down from Seattle. Our book sale is a destination vacation!

So if you missed it this year, come next year. Read the blog to track the smaller sales throughout the year. (To be sure you don’t miss a post, sign up to get the blog via email (top right of this page), or subscribe to our RSS feed.) You can always buy some reading material between sales in the Friends’ area here at the Corvallis Library or the Philomath Library.

In a little while, the Friends will begin accepting donations again. They have scored a new storage area on Wake Robin. If you are sorting books as part of your spring cleaning, hold those items. You will soon be able to bring them to the main library and leave them for the Friends.

Posted by Amy, a second floor librarian

*Image credit: AQS Collector Books “hurt” book sale by circulating, on Flickr

Friends of the Library Big Book Sale!

Lisa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:00:49 +0000

The annual Big Book Sale, put on by the Friends of the Library, is coming up this weekend! You’ll find it at the Benton Co. Fairgrounds (map), and the dates and times are as follows:

Friday, Feb. 26th, 5 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, Feb. 27th, 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, Feb. 28th, 11 am – 4 pm

All of the proceeds from the sale go to support your library. Just one more good excuse to go stock up on great used books, music, and more!

Update (2/23): Just heard from the Friends of the Library that on Sunday, a whole box of books will go for just $5.00!

Posted by Lisa, a second floor librarian

Holiday book sale coming up!

Lisa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

*Photo credit below

Well it’s that time of year again – the Friends of the Library’s Holiday Book Sale is back!Join the Friends at the Corvallis library this Saturday, December 5th, from 10 am to 4 pm. You’ll find high quality used books ready for gifting, plus lots more.

To learn more about the Friends and how you can help, check out their website.

Posted by Lisa, a second floor librarian

*Photo credit: Colorado 2005 – 054, by Michael (mx5tx), on Flickr