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Friends sale offers 15,000 books to public, March 13-16
Posted 2/13/2002
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
Wednesday, March 13 to Saturday, March 16.
Primarily UW-Madison faculty, staff, students and area residents donate the materials. 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 more than $100,000 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 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St.
A preview sale ($5 admission) will be held 5 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 13. The regular sale, open to the public at no charge, will be 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15.
On Saturday, March 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., patrons can bring a bag and fill it for $2. For more information, contact the Friends at (608) 265-2505 or email: friends@library.wisc.edu.
Friends Spring Book Sale March 13-16
116 Memorial Library
Preview Sale: $5 admission
5 - 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 13
Regular Sale: No admission charge
10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m., Thursday & Friday, March 14-15
Bring Your Own Bag: $2-bag sale
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, March 16
How to
Donate Books
You may donate unwanted books by simply leaving them in the "Open
Return" book drops at most campus libraries. Materials also may
be dropped off at the Lake Street dock of Memorial Library weekdays,
7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They will be added to campus library collections
or sold through the Friends book sale to benefit the libraries. To arrange
for a book pick up or for more information, contact the Friends (email: Friends@library.wisc.edu)
or phone (608) 265-2505.
All gifts of materials support the mission of libraries and are greatly appreciated. Thousands of titles new to the collections, and within the libraries' collecting scope, are added through gifts annually.
