Donations

Please always call ahead before making any donations. Thank you!

DONATION OF MATERIALS

The library gratefully accepts donations of books and other materials provided they meet the Library’s collection development policies and procedures, and, in the opinion of the professional staff, they enhance the value of the Library’s collection.

Donated materials may or may not become a part of the Library’s collection according to collection development policies.

MTL does not accept unsolicited items for donation directly from an author, publishing house, distributor, or other company or individual, including books written or published by said person or entity. The Library will use third-party review sources to evaluate material an author wishes to donate to the library or requests that the Library purchase.Selection of these materials will be based on the quality of these reviews and their sources. Weight is given to publications such as Publishers Weekly, Book List, and Amazon's bestsellers list. 

If an author’s work is selected by the library based on the quality and quantity of third-party reviews, book-signings or other programs hosted by an author are at the discretion of Programming Staff and the Director.

Disposition of donated materials, not meeting this selection criteria, shall be at the discretion of the Library Director. Due to the high volume of donations the library will not be able to return donated items if it is decided that it will not be added to the collection. 

A receipt acknowledging any donation of materials will be provided upon request (see Appendix D). The Library does not accept responsibility for assigning a dollar value to such materials.

Items must be in good/excellent condition and free of odor, mold and infestation. Items that are dirty, damaged, marked, torn or otherwise in poor condition will not be accepted. 

OTHER DONATIONS

The library will also accept monetary donations, memorials and honorariums.

The Director will send letters to patrons/friends who give monetary donations, which are tax deductible.

The Circulation Assistant will provide forms for memorials and honorariums. It is helpful if you supply the designee's preferences (i.e., favorite genre, author, collection, etc.)