The Friends of the Erie County Library accepts donations of gently used books, books on CD, music CDs, and DVDs. We hold several specialty sales every year, as well as the Great American Book Sale, to raise funds to support the Erie County Public Library.
- One bag or box may be brought to any branch or dropped off at the Bayfront Bookshelf, the book store in the lobby of the Blasco Library.
- At a book drive: The Friends hold 2 book drives every year in the spring and fall. You may drop off any amount of books. The drives are advertised on posters at the library, on this website, on ErieLibrary.org, and on Facebook.
- Otherwise, call the Blasco Library at 814-451-6900.
How to Donate:
Best selling items are:
- New fiction, especially suspense and mystery
- Children’s Books
- Local History
- Books on CD
- DVDs
Items we do not accept
- Encyclopedias
- Reader’s Digest condensed books
- Textbooks
- Magazines, pamphlets
- Outdated technical books (5 years or older) such as law, medicine, computers, health
- Multiple copies of the same title
- Yellowed paperbacks
- Books that are damaged – ripped, mildewed, underlined, with an odor
- VHS or cassette tapes