Supporting Your Library
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Donations, Gifts and Memorials:
The library is
grateful for gifts and its collection has been enriched by donations of
materials as well as by contributions. In accepting a gift of
materials, the library reserves the privilege of deciding whether items
donated should be added to the collection. Out of the many books and
other materials which citizens so generously give, a considerable
proportion can be used. Some materials cannot be used because any
library material, though of value in itself, may be: (1) a duplicate of
an item of which the library already has a sufficient number; (2)
outdated--interesting but not of sufficient present reference or
circulating value to the library; and/or (3) in poor condition--which
would not justify the expense of processing it, i.e. cataloging and
preparing it for circulation. The material will be judged by the same
standards of selection as those applied to the purchase of new
materials. The Guthrie CSD & King County Library accepts gift
materials with the understanding that gifts that are useful to the
library collection will be retained and others disposed of in whatever
manner the librarian deems best. The Library necessarily reserves the
right to interfile gifts with other collections on the same subject, so
that all collections are organized and classified according to library
standards for the best public service.