Donate to the Library

Donating Books & Physical Items

We are grateful you have considered donating materials to the Volpe Library!

If you want a tax receipt for the donation of your items, you must follow these detailed instructions.

If you wish to donate items anonymously, please bring them to the front desk anytime the library is open.  We will review them for usefulness and relevance, and choose which ones to add to our collection.  If we do not add all items, we will find them a home with Better World Books or other avenues.

We do NOT accept the following:

• Items with mold, stains, or water damage
• Items with pages missing, damaged, or written on/highlighted
• Damaged items (warped, bent, broken spines, pest damage, missing covers, etc.)
• Items with strong odors (smoke, pets, food)
• Personal journals or notebooks - check with Archives & Special Collections
• Periodicals or magazines
• VHS tapes

Please contact Holly Mills with questions about physical donations.

Donating Money

Monetary donations will go into the Friends of the Library fund.  Your support helps provide funding for the library collection, new technology, renovations, and other things to best serve our patrons.