Donating Items

Donating your books and media to Johnson City Public Library is a great way to support us. The Friends of the Library resell books and media to the public in their book sales, with proceeds going to support the Library’s work.

Patrons browsing books at a book saleWe accept:

  • Books: hardback, paperback, fiction, nonfiction, young adult, children
  • Audio CDs, LPs, and audiobooks
  • DVDs and Blu-rays

We do not accept:

  • Damp or moldy materials
  • Legal statutes and casebooks
  • Reader’s Digest Condensed books
  • Magazines
  • VHS tapes
  • CDs and DVDs without cases
  • Home-recorded CDs and DVDs
  • General encyclopedias (World Book, Britannica, etc.)
  • Textbooks

How to Donate

Bags small enough for one person to carry in one trip may be brought to curbside pickup or the Library’s Circulation Desk. Any donation drop-offs larger than that must be prearranged by emailing the Friends of the Library.