Donate Books and Media
Help the Library and FOLL
The books and media that you donate are sold to provide funding for library program and services and cover FOLL’s fundraising and administrative costs. Items that cannot be sold are provided to the public for free, donated to another nonprofit, or recycled.
We Accept
These Items in Good Condition
Hardback books – fiction and non-fiction
Paperback books
Children and young adult books
Audiobooks
Music CDs
DVDs
Jigsaw puzzles
We Don’t Accept
Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Computer and software books
Newspapers and magazines,
including National Geographic
VHS and cassette tapes
Vinyl and phonographic records
Moldy, smelly, damaged, dirty items
Marked, underlined, and annotated items
Have just a few items to donate?
Bring the items to the library’s front desk during open hours.
Have 1 to 5 bags or boxes you wish to donate?
Pull your car up to the staff entrance and ring the bell.
(Staff entrance is located near the 24/7 book returns.)
Have a lot of items to donate?
Contact us by email at friends@LincolnLibraryFriends.org
or leave a message at 916-434-2404.
Donation Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
9 AM to Noon
Saturday
September-May: 9 AM to Noon
June-August: 11 AM to 2 PM
