BOOK & MEDIA DONATIONS
Book and media donations are accepted at Koelbel, Smoky Hill, Castlewood, Southglenn and Eloise May Libraries Monday–Friday from 9 am–5 pm.
- If a library cannot accommodate your donation due to space limitations, they will recommend another Arapahoe Libraries location to take your donation.
- For donations of ten boxes or more, please fill out the Large Book Donation Request Form.
Donating books is a great way to clear out space in your home. As an added bonus, you can feel great knowing the sale of used books helps support library programs like Summer Reading. Best of all, your donations are tax-deductible.
Have questions? Contact us, opens a new window or call The Friends of Arapahoe Libraries' office at 720-603-8606.
WHAT TO DONATE
CANNOT ACCEPT
Due to storage limitations gently used donations are only accepted at Koelbel, Smoky Hill, Castlewood, Southglenn and Eloise May Libraries. Each library has a back door where staff receive donations between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Saturday.
- Gently used books of all sorts—hardback fiction and nonfiction, paperbacks in good condition and children’s books
- DVDs and CDs
- Audiobooks
- Textbooks without writing or highlighting
For the safety of our volunteers, we ask that donations be boxed, not bagged.
- Readers' Digest Condensed Books
- Encyclopedias
- Reference books (business books, travel books, medical books, etc.) over three years old
- Any items previously owned by other libraries
- Cassette tapes and vinyl records
- VHS tapes
- Empty cases for CDs, DVDs, etc.
- Magazines
- Technology or electronics
- Furniture (CD racks, book cases, etc.)
WHAT TO DONATE
CANNOT ACCEPT
- Readers' Digest Condensed Books
- Encyclopedias
- Reference books (business books, travel books, medical books, etc.) over three years old
- Any items previously owned by other libraries
- Cassette tapes and vinyl records
- VHS tapes
- Empty cases for CDs, DVDs, etc.
- Magazines
- Technology or electronics
- Furniture (CD racks, book cases, etc.)
