Acceptable items include:
Popular fiction in hardback and paperback
New non-fiction (generally published within the last 2-3 years)
Children’s books
DVDs, CDs, and unabridged audiobooks on CD
Local history items related to Kent
Items Not Accepted for Donation
The library will refuse to accept the following donated items as they are not suitable for the library’s circulating collection and are unable to be sold at a book sale:
Items in poor physical condition. This includes items that are yellowed, dirty, torn, missing pages or cover, brittle pages, mildewed or otherwise hazardous to someone’s health, excessive highlighting or handwriting, and scratched or worn audiovisual items.
Textbooks
Mail order catalogs
agazines (except Craft, Gardening, Cooking or Hobby subjects from the current year)
Encyclopedias, full or partial sets
Medical/Health books more than 5 years old
Condensed/Abridged books, including Reader’s Digest
Cassettes (audio or video)