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Friends sale offers 15,000 books to public, March 21-24
Posted 3/6/2001
MADISON -- More than 15,000 books on almost any subject will be on sale
in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Libraries March 21-24.
The materials are donated primarily by UW faculty, staff, students and area residents. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, special purchases for the libraries' collections, preservation projects, and a visiting scholar support program. In the past four years, nearly two dozen campus libraries received nearly $70,000 through a small-grant program supported by the book sales.
Among the special collections being offered are books covering religion and philosophy, history, foreign languages, literature and art. The sale will be in room 112 Memorial Library, 728 State St.
A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 21. The regular sale, open to the public at no charge, will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 22-23.
On Saturday, March 24, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., bring your own grocery bag and fill it for $2. For more information, contact the Friends at (608) 265-2505 or email: Friends@library.wisc.edu
Friends Fall Book Sale March 21-24
112 Memorial Library
Preview Sale
5-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 ($5 admission)Regular Sale (No admission charge)
10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m., Thursday & Friday, March 22-23$2-a-bag sale, "Bring Your Own Bag"
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday only, March 24
How to Donate Books
You may donate unwanted books by simply
leaving them in the "Open Return" book drops at most campus
libraries. They will be added to campus library collections or sold
through the Friends book sale to benefit the libraries.
All gifts of materials support the mission of libraries and are greatly
appreciated. Hundreds of titles new to the collections, and within the
libraries' collecting scope, are added through gifts annually.
To arrange for a book pick up, or for more information, contact the
Friends (e-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu)
or phone (608) 265-2505.
