Fall into reading at the Holmes County District Library book sale
Fall is here, bringing with it crisp mornings and chilly nights, weather that invites readers to curl up with a new book. Fortunately, booklovers can take home bagfuls of their favorite reads, this time with no due date or late fees. The Friends of the Library will hold the annual Fall Book Sale at the Holmes County District Library on Thursday, Nov. 3, from noon to 7 p.m., and on Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The sale will feature used hardback and paperback books in all genres, including fiction, nonfiction, young adult, teen, children, inspirational, self-help and more. The library will also be selling used cassettes, videotapes, CDs, DVDs and video games.
“Every year we have a book sale in the fall,” said Beverly Chrapowicki, head of circulation services. “We still have a ton of books to sell this year.”
The hundreds of titles will be sold at reduced prices, with hardbacks and paperbacks selling at $1 and smaller mass-market paperbacks and AV materials going for 50 cents. After noon on the last day of the sale, the library will be offering bags of books for a donation price.
“The max you’re going to spend on something is a $1 a piece,” said Chrapowicki, adding that all the proceeds fund the library’s mission.
The mission of the Friends of the Library is to create and maintain an active association of persons interested in libraries, specifically, in the Holmes County District Library. They are dedicated to ensuring the future of the library as an educational tool and a place for learning as it is affected by freezes and cuts in state funding. Conducting these used book sales is one way of accomplishing that goal.
“The proceeds go toward helping different departments in the library. Usually the Friends will give each department a couple of hundred dollars to use in discretionary money, whether it’s for programming or a piece of equipment,” said Chrapowicki. “For example, out at the East Branch, they bought a sound system for having movie nights. There are a lot of different things the money goes for because the Friends help with a lot of different things.”
The books for sale come from every section of the library. With new books continually arriving, the collections are consolidated and older or less-used copies are weeded out to make room for newer, more popular copies.
“Every single collection is weeded,” explained Chrapowicki. “And any donations we receive that don’t end up making it in the collection all go to storage too.” Unused donations of VHS tapes and encyclopedia sets will join the library’s replaced copies of best-sellers and biographies at the book sale.
“So you never know what kind of treasure you’ll find down there,” said Chrapowicki. “And it’s important for the library because we have to do something with the books. We can’t keep them all in storage and there are always new ones that are coming out. You’ll notice that our shelves look completely overflowing most of the time and we’re constantly weeding.”
These book sales are an opportunity for readers to obtain the books they love, explained Chrapowicki. “If you have something that’s a favorite, you can keep it rather than having to return it or worry about fines or damage to it.” Owning the books is also beneficial to people who like to take their time reading a book or who home-school children and like to have the books on hand. “Or, if you’re someone who visits the bookmobile and aren’t able to get in as often, this is your chance to build yourself a nice little collection for in between,” she said.
Not only does this sale raise much-needed library funds and weed out older materials, it gets more books into the hands of readers. The Friends hold dear a quote by author Toni Morrison, who said, “Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission.”
To support the library, gain some knowledge and bring home some books in the process, head to the sale. In addition to the regular sale hours, a members-only sale will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. To become a Friends of the Library member stop by the library, located at 3102 Glen Drive, Millersburg 44654, for an application. For more information, call 330-674-5972.
The sale will feature used hardback and paperback books in all genres, including fiction, nonfiction, young adult, teen, children, inspirational, self-help and more. The library will also be selling used cassettes, videotapes, CDs, DVDs and video games.
“Every year we have a book sale in the fall,” said Beverly Chrapowicki, head of circulation services. “We still have a ton of books to sell this year.”
The hundreds of titles will be sold at reduced prices, with hardbacks and paperbacks selling at $1 and smaller mass-market paperbacks and AV materials going for 50 cents. After noon on the last day of the sale, the library will be offering bags of books for a donation price.
“The max you’re going to spend on something is a $1 a piece,” said Chrapowicki, adding that all the proceeds fund the library’s mission.
The mission of the Friends of the Library is to create and maintain an active association of persons interested in libraries, specifically, in the Holmes County District Library. They are dedicated to ensuring the future of the library as an educational tool and a place for learning as it is affected by freezes and cuts in state funding. Conducting these used book sales is one way of accomplishing that goal.
“The proceeds go toward helping different departments in the library. Usually the Friends will give each department a couple of hundred dollars to use in discretionary money, whether it’s for programming or a piece of equipment,” said Chrapowicki. “For example, out at the East Branch, they bought a sound system for having movie nights. There are a lot of different things the money goes for because the Friends help with a lot of different things.”
The books for sale come from every section of the library. With new books continually arriving, the collections are consolidated and older or less-used copies are weeded out to make room for newer, more popular copies.
“Every single collection is weeded,” explained Chrapowicki. “And any donations we receive that don’t end up making it in the collection all go to storage too.” Unused donations of VHS tapes and encyclopedia sets will join the library’s replaced copies of best-sellers and biographies at the book sale.
“So you never know what kind of treasure you’ll find down there,” said Chrapowicki. “And it’s important for the library because we have to do something with the books. We can’t keep them all in storage and there are always new ones that are coming out. You’ll notice that our shelves look completely overflowing most of the time and we’re constantly weeding.”
These book sales are an opportunity for readers to obtain the books they love, explained Chrapowicki. “If you have something that’s a favorite, you can keep it rather than having to return it or worry about fines or damage to it.” Owning the books is also beneficial to people who like to take their time reading a book or who home-school children and like to have the books on hand. “Or, if you’re someone who visits the bookmobile and aren’t able to get in as often, this is your chance to build yourself a nice little collection for in between,” she said.
Not only does this sale raise much-needed library funds and weed out older materials, it gets more books into the hands of readers. The Friends hold dear a quote by author Toni Morrison, who said, “Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission.”
To support the library, gain some knowledge and bring home some books in the process, head to the sale. In addition to the regular sale hours, a members-only sale will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. To become a Friends of the Library member stop by the library, located at 3102 Glen Drive, Millersburg 44654, for an application. For more information, call 330-674-5972.
Published: October 25, 2011
