[OPLINLIST] Pandemic Book Sales

[Dee Culbertson]

Our Friends' group just held a book sale at our library. This time we set up tables at least 6' apart or more in our Create Space area. It is a large area in the main part of our library. The Friends' volunteers would only allow no more than 10 people at a time in the area. Everyone had to wear masks and use hand sanitizer before entering. We never had too many people at one time. We held it over 3 days and instead of normal pricing, the Friends charged $2.00 per a plastic grocery bag. This limited the Friends from giving back change and less money was handled. We only took donations for 1 week, two weeks before the sale began. We have now stopped taking donations again. We do not have much space to store anything currently except for weeded materials from the collection. The Friends also have an ongoing book sale up on a few shelfs in our small Friends' room. Book in the ongoing book sale are $2.00 per bag too.

Thanks,


DeeAnna Culbertson, Director

Madison Public Library

6111 Middle Ridge Rd.

Madison, OH 44057

440-428-2189



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Subject: [OPLINLIST] Pandemic Book Sales

Dear, Librarylandia,

What ideas are you considering for Friends’ book sales during the pandemic? Limited selection, on-going sale? Pop up, weather dependent outdoor sale?  Sale only when your district is yellow?

Storage space is limited yet items need to be weeded and donations continue to appear. I want to offer the Friends some safe alternatives and this collective mind is awesome at thinking outside the box!  I’ll compile responses and post to the list.

Thanks in advance!

Ty Henderson
Director
Champaign County Library
1060 Scioto Street
Urbana, OH 43078
(937)653-3811

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”

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