Support Your Library

Donate Your Materials to the Library

Madison Public Library accepts gifts of new or gently-used books, magazines, DVDs, and music or books on compact disc. Decisions on whether and howdonated items will be added to the Library’s collections are based on the same evaluative criteria that are applied to purchased materials.

With rare exceptions, we do not return items that are given to us. Items that are not added to the collections become part of the Friends of the Madison Public Library’s ongoing book sales or are sold at the Friends Book Store, which generate monies for the purchase of new materials.

We also accept donations from our Amazon Wish List for our Book Discussion Kits.

There are some items we simply can't use. These include weekly newsmagazines and newspapers, Reader's Digest Condensed Books, National Geographic Magazines (we get more than we can use), encyclopedias and science or technical textbooks and magazines more than five years old, and VHS format videos.

Bring your donations to any Madison Public Library during open hours. If you have a large number of items to donate, call ahead to make arrangements to drop them off. The library does not assign a value to the donated items, but will sign a receipt (in English or Spanish) indicating that we have received the materials.

Contact our Collection Development Librarian, at 266-6310 with questions, or contact your local branch library.

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