Friends of the Albany Library

Friends Sales and Events

NO BOOK DONATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

Many thanks to all our supporters who have been donating books since the library reopened. However, due to the large volume of books we have received, we have no more storage space. We will let you know when we are able to accept donations again.

OUR ONSITE BOOK SALE NOV 6 & 7, 2021

Was a great success thanks to volunteers, shoppers, and City and library staff!

We sold thousands of books and other items, and hope for more sales soon.

UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS

NO FRIENDS EVENTS SCHEDULED YET

RESELLABLE DONATIONS ONLY PLEASE!

When we are able to take donations again , please do NOT DONATE items that are so worn that they cannot be sold. For items that are not saleable, we suggest the recycle bin, or the El Cerrito Recycling Center. Thank you for your understanding.

Get Involved!

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Volunteer

We always need volunteers, and there are always plenty of interesting tasks! We especially need volunteers to help sort our large backlog of books.

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Sort & Price

Sorting and pricing is a very important task. Help us out!

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Become A Member

We heartily welcome new members!

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What We Can Accept

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What We Cannot Accept

Welcome, from the Friends of the Albany Library (FAL)

The Friends’s purpose is to benefit the library by selling books and other materials in the library, on the Internet, and during on-site booksales.

Many thanks to our volunteers and shoppers for making our most recent onsite sale a big success!

FAL operations and most of our sales take place at 1247 Marin Ave, Albany CA 94706.

Call us at 510.526.3720, extn 7 – after library reopens. Our office is not “staffed” – leave a message and we’ll call you back.

The Albany Library is part of the Alameda County Library system, for more information including directions, visit http://www.aclibrary.org/

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