We had a few puzzles sitting in an area that was not visible. I made a "Puzzle Exchange" sticker to put on them, moved them to a more visible location and added a sign. In a very short amount of time, they got VERY popular. I've actually had to move them to a new location to accommodate them. Not long after, someone moved a table near them to do a puzzle in the library. We embraced that idea and put a permanent larger table with a lamp right next to them. We have a couple that comes in regularly donate a large rotating puzzle board. There is almost always a puzzle going on and people will walk by and drop in a piece or sit for a few hours and work on it.

 

We rely entirely on the honor system and ask anyone donating puzzles to turn them in to the front desk first so they can be inspected, labeled and put out. We do not accept any puzzles with missing pieces or that are old/smelly. Those go into recycling. We haven't noticed a loss of puzzle so if they aren't coming back, we don't know about it because so many have been donated. We don't have the manpower to check in/check out puzzles or to monitor if they have all the pieces. We rely on anyone borrowing them to let us know.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions, Mary!