DONATIONS OF MATERIALS TO HILO PUBLIC LIBRARY

• Books, magazines, and other library materials are accepted all year.
• Must be in clean and useable condition (no mold, no mildew, no bugs).
• All donated materials will be reviewed for library needs, then passed on to the HPL Friends.

• New material (if you would like to buy materials or donate money for library materials):  please consult a librarian who will help make suggestions as to library needs and desires.
• Lightly used recent publications:  accepted and subject to library selection policy.
• Older, very clean, materials may be used as replacements as needed.

• Textbooks:  no more than 5 years old
• Encyclopedias:  full sets only, no more than 5 years old
• Children’s materials:  all accepted
• Hawaiiana:  all accepted
• Paperbacks:  only clean and in very good condition
• Records:  Hawaiiana desirable
• Commercially produced DVDs and CDs.
• Commercially produced videos and cassettes (no mold, no mildew)

• Current general interest magazines:  no more than 1 year old
• Current weekly news magazines:  no more than 3 months old
• National Geographic magazine:  current and previous year