Book sale will raise finances for new Eugene library
More than 00,000 hooks,
all donated, will be on
sale at the annual event
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Army National Guard is com
ing to Eugene this weekend, but they
are leaving their weapons at home.
Members of the Guard, in part
nership with the University ROTC,
will be helping the Friends of the
Eugene Library move 60,000 books
from the Sears building on Chamel
ton Street to the Wheeler Pavilion
at the Lane County Fairgrounds.
The books are part of the li
brary’s 21st annual Friends of the
Library book sale, a fund-raising
project.
“Last year we raised over
$50,000 for the Bethel branch of
the library, and this year we
awarded an additional $50,000 tor
the new downtown library,” said
volunteer Noreen Madden. The
money comes from The Friends of
the Eugene Public Library, a fund
raising group.
Normally, the money raised by
the sale goes to a “wish list” com
piled by the library of items not in
cluded in its regular budget, Madden
said. These items can include chil
dren’s programs, new equipment
and writers’ workshops, she said.
More than 200 volunteers will be
working at the sale, including the
University ROTC and Presidential
Student Scholars, Madden said.
“We easily get 80,000 books do
nated every year, and that’s with
out even asking,” she said.
Of those 80,000 books, the vol
unteers throw out the torn and
damaged books and are left with
50,000 to 60,000 to sell. Volun
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Experts and scouts have called Smith's arm the strongest in the draft.
Book sale info
WHO: The Friends of the Eugene
Public library
WHAT: Book sale
WHEN: April 17,10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and April 18,10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Wheeler Pavilion, Lane
County Fairgrounds
WHY: To raise money for the new
Eugene Public library
teers from the Presidential Stu
dent Scholars haul the books over
to the old Sears building on Char
nelton Street, where they are di
vided into 45 subjects and boxed.
“We have thousands of books in
each subject,” Madden said. “You
name it, we’ve got it.”
Most books sell for 75 cents.
The more recent books that still
have their dust jackets are taken
out and put in their own category.
Those books are sold for $1 to
$3.50. Rare collector’s editions are
individually priced and are sold
for $2 and up.
But the book sale, which attracts
book dealers from all over the
country, sells much more than just
books, Madden said.
“We sell sheet music, tapes,
records ... until you have been to
it, it’s hard to imagine,” she said.
All of this merchandise is
packed into more than 2,000 box
es and has to be moved to the Lane
County Fairgrounds. That’s where
the Army comes in.
“The National Guard provides
two trucks and personnel to help us
move all those boxes of heavy
books,” she said. Volunteers are
waiting at the Wheeler Pavilion to
unpack the books when they arrive.
“It’s all very well organized,”
Madden said. “By 8 p.m. [Friday], all
the books will be out on the tables. ”
In addition to the generous citi
zens of Eugene, many area book
stores donate books to the sale, in
cluding the University Bookstore
and the Smith Family Bookstore.
“We have donated books every
year,” said Misa Smith, Smith Fami
ly Bookstore owner and manager.
“We donate books and we also go to
the sale and buy a lot of books. ”
Smith said this sale is a good op
portunity to be supportive of the
library.
“This way they get books donated
for free and get hinds to buy the books
they want to put on the shelves,” she
said. “It’s a good way to support the
library, which is a good thing.”
Felicity Ayles can be reached via e-mail
atfizzer@gladstcme. uoregpn.edu.
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off-season for Smith in which he
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This week, Smith is featured on
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