Thank you so much everyone for all your input on my question. I now have enough information to make an informed decision on how we are going to handle this situation. Your collective knowledge and experience
is astounding!
Becky
From: Grai, Rebecca
Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 9:56 AM
To: michlib-l@lists.mcls.org
Subject: donated books
Good morning! There’s a Autumn-like feeling out here today. Sorry summer, your days are numbered!
We are a small academic library and recently had a patron donate 100+ books and is requesting a receipt for tax purposes. They are business and leadership books—mostly pretty old, a few classics, and few
newer. I have a couple of questions regarding the issuing of a receipt:
- -What amount should we consider issuing for these books--an amount for all the books donated, or only the ones we are keeping? We are only keeping about a dozen of the donated books.
-Any ideas on what we should do with the remaining books?
-Anything else I should consider that I have not asked about?
Thanks.
Becky
Rebecca Grai
Head of Circulation
Strosacker Library
Northwood University
4000 Whiting Drive
Midland, MI 48640
Office: 989.837.4333