We welcome book and materials donations, but we do have some guidance to best help our collection.

All donations have costs associated with them including time for evaluation, cataloging and processing. We do not guarantee that any donation will make it into the library’s collection. Due to the labor involved in processing donations, individual materials will not be returned after evaluation.
Donations not added to our collection will be given to the Friends of the Roslyn Library group for their annual book sale. All proceeds from their sales go directly back to the Roslyn Library to purchase materials, fund programs, or provide other items to enrich library services.
The library is often asked to include donations of independently published works or works by local authors. We can accept these materials as preview copies for evaluation, but we cannot guarantee that these works will be added to the collection. Items that are not added will be donated to the Friends of the Library for re-sale.
Donations must be brought to the circulations desk during open hours.
If questions regarding the appropriateness of donations, call the library at 509-260-1069

What donations we accept:

Clean Books, DVD's, & CD's Jigsaw Puzzles okay Good condition and relatively new publications
All books must have their original covers

What we don't accept:

VHS or cassette tapes High school or college yearbooks or textbooks Magazines, Reader's Digest, National Geographic
Encyclopedias or dictionaries Dirty, yellowed, stained materials Anything with an odor, like smoke or pets Damaged items or missing book covers

Approved by Roslyn Library Board on 08/05/2026