2011 Brass Band Concert

The Friends held a concert fundraiser with the Penn View Brass Band on 11/13. Check out a photo!

2011 Jewelry Sale

Check out photos from the Friends vintage jewelry sale held on October 22, 2011. The Friends are still accepting jewelry donations year-round in preparation for next year.

Friends Book Sale

Many new and used books at over 90% off cover price! Inventory changes regularly.

Go straight through the front doors. The book sale is on the back wall. All proceeds benefit Friends of UDPL in their mission to sponsor library programs and special purchases.

Prices:

• Adult Hardbacks: $1.00 ea
• Adult Paperback: $0.50 ea
• All Audio/Visual: $1.00 ea
• Childrens books: $0.25 ea

Book Donation Guidelines

The Friends of the Upper Dublin Public Library gratefully accepts gently used donations of hardback books, paperbacks, children's books, DVDs, audio books, CDs, and puzzles, which are then sold at the ongoing book sale to raise library funds.

Donations are accepted in portable containers (bags, boxes, etc.) at the library front desk. Donations should not be put in the book drop or left in front of the building. Donors may ask for a letter acknowledging the donation. However, library staff cannot appraise the items or indicate a value in the acknowledgment letter. Time permitting, library staff will review donations and consider adding them to the collection in accordance with the Materials Selection/Collection Development Policy. The Friends and library staff reserve the right to sell or otherwise dispose of donations not added to the collection.

Due to the lack of storage space and the difficulty of resale of some materials, not all donations are acceptable. We cannot accept:

• damaged books, including:

  • damaged spines

  • water damages

  • torn covers, pages

  • highlighted material

  • books written in or marked (except signed or inscribed)

• VHS tapes

• encyclopedias more than 5 years old, or sets missing volumes

• reference books more than 3 years old

• computer books/manuals more than 5 years old

• magazines, including National Geographic and American Heritage

• Reader's Digest Condensed Books

• textbooks

• bulk packs or other bound study materials

• vinyl records

We urge donors to observe these guidelines because unacceptable materials must be discarded at library expense.

Occasionally, staff find personal items in donated books [examples: bookmarks, photographs, news clippings]. By the time the items are discovered, staff is unable to tell who made the donation. Photographs are usually saved for a reasonable amount of time in hopes that the owner may come to claim them. Most other items will be discarded immediately.
 

Friends of the Upper Dublin Library Board Members

Dick Haggard, President
Jerome (Jerry) Caplan, Vice President
Jan Frohner, Membership
Sandra Merritt, Secretary
Jo-Ann Hunt, Treasurer
Kathie Herron
Karen Preston
Bob Stutz

Liaison from the Library Board: Andrea Merrick

Library Director: Cherilyn Fiory
Library Public Relations: India Frazier
Emeritus Board Members: Fred Kaiser

You may write the Friends of the Library
c/o The Upper Dublin Public Library
805 Loch Alsh Ave.
Ft. Washington, PA 19034

Support UDPL! Join us:  Friends Brochure & Membership form (in pdf)