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Why should I join the Friends?
1. The Book Sale Room – Located in the library through a door west of the Reference Section, houses fiction and non-fiction books for sale at very low prices, usually from 50 cents to $3.00, except for 1st editions which may sell for $4.50 at most. All subjects are covered. This sale room is open whenever the Library is open.
2. Amazon Used Book Sales – In a separate space, books that have a value of at least $15 are listed in our Amazon Book Store (Library 430). We began this service in 2008, and it has proven to be successful.
Members who have been trained list donated books which have extra value on Amazon and file them awaiting sales. This is a cooperative effort with staff. The Librarian works with Amazon, and another staff person packs and mails books that have been purchased. We have a five star rating.
3. Special Book Sales – From time to time, our stores begin to overflow and some donations remain on the shelves too long. When this happens, we have Sales.
Because we have the use of another room to store such books, we are able to have Mini Book Sales, usually on a Saturday morning, where we offer the old books as well as the regular Sale Room books with the hopes of reducing the inventory.
However, we also sponsor Spring Book Sale and Book, Bake, and Plant Sale in the Fall when we have a surplus of donations and Library discards. One year we even had a Rummage Sale.
The most important fact about all these sales is that money received goes directly to the Library. Since 2000, Book Sales have contributed $26,339 to the Library! This money allows the staff to offer more special services.
Over the past fifteen years, the Friends have made significant contributions to the Library:
1. The most ambitious project, in 2003, was the renovation of the Landscape. At that time, there were a number of overgrown shrubs and weeds scattered across the front of the building. The first step of our project was to remove all the old vegetation. At a cost of $15,000, the Friends built the Pergola with the concrete pad, installed a sprinkler system, and planted the current beds and trees in front and down the East side of the building. The planning and much of the planting was done in conjunction with the Claybank Master Gardeners.
2. That cooperation continues with Master Gardeners and the City sharing maintenance and the Friends helping and supplying materials. In 2008, Master Gardeners installed drip irrigation in beds that line the entry ways.
Master Gardeners Club
3. They also supported the production of the VCR and later conversion to DVD of the local production, Honoring and Preserving the Heritage: Ozark’s Architectural History 1824-1957.
Over recent years, the Friends have also: The Master Gardeners have presented a number of public programs on gardening topics at the Library, and in 2009, they contributed a very successful plant sale during the Book Sale in May. That project is to be repeated in May 2010.
The Friends have also supported publications:
1. They manage and receive funds from sales of Val McGee’s local history books. They have an account devoted to paying for reprinting those books when necessary.
2. They also supported the production of the VCR and later conversion to DVD of the local production, Honoring and Preserving the Heritage: Ozark’s Architectural History 1824-1957.
Look who were caught working hard in the Friends of the Library Book Sale Room.
Pictured are, from left to right, Ms. Pat Walker, Mrs. Sarah Carroll, Ms. Susan Cox, Ms. Sally Tarter, Ms. Sally Covington, Ms. Mary Vaeth
Seated, from left to right, are Ms. Susie Harris and Ms. Faye Hale.
Thank you for all of the hard work, dedication, and volunteer hours you have provided to the Library. You help us provide the best possible Library services to our community!