New and Noteworthy

  • The last date to donate books before the Fall Sale has been changed to Saturday, September 11, due to an extremely large influx of donations.

    • Until then, donations are accepted Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9:00 AM - noon.

    For information about acceptable donation items and tax receipts, please see our Donations page.

  • Fall Sale
      First Weekend

        Saturday, Oct. 9 - 8:00am - 8:00am

        Sunday, Oct. 10, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Monday, Oct. 11, 10:00am - 8:00pm

      Second Weekend

        Saturday, Oct. 16, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Sunday, Oct. 17, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Monday, Oct. 18, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Senior Day - Wednesday, October 20, 10am - 3pm

          To attend Senior Day, you must be at least 60 years of age.
      Third Weekend

        Saturday, October 23, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Sunday, October 24, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Monday, October 25, 10:00am - 8:00pm

        Tuesday, October 26, noon - 8:00pm

        Not-For-Profit Day - Wednesday, October 27, 3pm - 6pm.

          To attend Not-For-Profit Day, please read the information here.

    • The Friends Board of Directors meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Tompkins County Public Library. These meetings are open to the public and those interested are encouraged to attend.


Friends of the Library Book Sale

Each year, the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library holds two book sales, one in the Spring and another in the Fall, to benefit organizations working for literacy in Tompkins County. Our special partners in this are Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) and the Finger Lakes Library System (FLLS)

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The number of items available for each sale usually exceeds 250,000. Books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, records, puzzles, and games are items found at the Book Sales. Children's Corner is especially well-stocked and Collector's Corner is a separate area housing many unique items of special interest which are priced individually.


Thanks to our many volunteers, our sales have been extremely successful. We offer a further thanks to those who donate books and to those who buy them at our sales so that we may continue to support the libraries in our community.



The following community groups
will volunteer during our Spring 2010 sale:

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Aids Ride For Life 2010
(Southern Tier Aids Program),
Alpha Phi Omega,
American Association
of University Women (AAUW),
Challenge Industries,
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
(Ithaca Youth Bureau),
Cops, Kids & Toys,
Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI),
Lifelong,
Mental Health Association
in Tompkins County,
Tompkins County Public Library Foundation,
Tompkins County Public Library Trustees,
Tompkins County Quilters Guild,
Tompkins Learning Partners.

 

 

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    Click here to see more photos of the Book Sale Miniature which was first displayed at the Tompkins County Public Library during the 2008 Spring Sale.