High School School library collection disbanded....
Suggestions needed ASAP : Our very large school library was dismantled last year. The last inventory indicated 23,971 books although some have been placed in a small browsing collection. Teacher have claimed some for their rooms but there is everything from reference to fiction to nonfiction. The books are in good condition. Mostly the books are in the boxes by Dewey just as they were packed in storage. Does anyone know a organization or place to donate or recycle library books?
One very good option would be Better World Books: Main URL: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/ Here is their Library donation page: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/go/donation-library They are an excellent company to work with. We used them for a great number of titles that were duplicates and not transferred to the main University Library when the Kresge Business Administration lost our space for the print collection last year. The real issue with books - and finding a good home for a disbanded collection - is the cost associated with shipping the material. While we would love to be able to send these to libraries that are in desperate need for books (especially overseas), the cost is huge to ship books - making the donation difficult to carry out. Hope this helps. Feel free to write me directly if you have any questions. Best - Corey Corey Seeman Director, Kresge Library Services (http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/) Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street, Modular Offices Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234 (734) 764-9969 Cell Phone (734) 717-9734 Fax (734) 764-4162 cseeman@umich.edu Twitter @cseeman Google+ https://plus.google.com/117345227585597362675 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8205-1255 Corey's Web Home: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Mary Bullard <mbullard@monroeccc.edu> wrote:
Suggestions needed ASAP : Our very large school library was dismantled last year. The last inventory indicated 23,971 books although some have been placed in a small browsing collection. Teacher have claimed some for their rooms but there is everything from reference to fiction to nonfiction.
The books are in good condition. Mostly the books are in the boxes by Dewey just as they were packed in storage.
Does anyone know a organization or place to donate or recycle library books?
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I would also consider talking to Thrift Books. http://www.thriftbooks.com/ They gave Wayne State a better deal on the withdrawn items from the collection. I don't know the details, but it might be worth an email or a call. Bob Dr. Robert P. Holley Professor Emeritus, Wayne State Univesity 13303 Borgman Avenue Huntington Woods, MI 48070-1005 email: aa3805@wayne.edu phone: 248-547-0306 ________________________________ From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Corey Seeman <cseeman@umich.edu> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:29 PM To: Mary Bullard Cc: kreps@monroe.k12.mi.us; Michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] High School School library collection disbanded.... One very good option would be Better World Books: Main URL: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/ Here is their Library donation page: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/go/donation-library They are an excellent company to work with. We used them for a great number of titles that were duplicates and not transferred to the main University Library when the Kresge Business Administration lost our space for the print collection last year. The real issue with books - and finding a good home for a disbanded collection - is the cost associated with shipping the material. While we would love to be able to send these to libraries that are in desperate need for books (especially overseas), the cost is huge to ship books - making the donation difficult to carry out. Hope this helps. Feel free to write me directly if you have any questions. Best - Corey Corey Seeman Director, Kresge Library Services (http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/) Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street, Modular Offices Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234 (734) 764-9969 Cell Phone (734) 717-9734 Fax (734) 764-4162 cseeman@umich.edu<mailto:cseeman@umich.edu> Twitter @cseeman Google+ https://plus.google.com/117345227585597362675 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8205-1255 Corey's Web Home: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html<http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ecseeman/index.html> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Mary Bullard <mbullard@monroeccc.edu<mailto:mbullard@monroeccc.edu>> wrote: Suggestions needed ASAP : Our very large school library was dismantled last year. The last inventory indicated 23,971 books although some have been placed in a small browsing collection. Teacher have claimed some for their rooms but there is everything from reference to fiction to nonfiction. The books are in good condition. Mostly the books are in the boxes by Dewey just as they were packed in storage. Does anyone know a organization or place to donate or recycle library books? _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
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