New and Noteworthy
  • Donations accepted Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 9:00am - noon.

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

  • Thanks to our regular volunteers and the community helpers who helped during our Spring Sale.
  • The 2009 Fall sale dates are:
      • October 10-12, October 17-19, October 24-27


Friends of the Library Booksale Project

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)

TCPL   FLLS

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. 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 Friends wish to thank the following community groups
for volunteering during our Spring sale:


 

Alpha Phi Omega,
American Association
of University Women (AAUW),
Challenge Industries,
Community Building Works!
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 Learning Partners,
Wegmans.
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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.