There will be a booksale in the Central Library, primarily of books discarded from the Warehouse, commencing on Tuesday 25th November. We realise that there are not many people around to be selling to but there are imperatives for trying to move at least some of the books on before Christmas.
The primary reason for having a sale is sustainability but we are charging a nominal fee of $2 per book in order to recoup some of our costs. The books have been screened to remove the more valuable ones, which will be put out for sale at a later date. The particularly valuable ones are likely to be sold by auction. The books will be located on Level 2 down towards the Copy Centre (CC) and during the day the CC will take the payment. In the evenings Lending staff will collect the money. The books will be desensitised when they are put out so should not set the gates off. That said, if the gates do get set off, perhaps check any booksale books the person might have first. We are thinking of leaving the books out for a couple of weeks and replenishing them as some are sold but will review this at the end of the first week. Cynthia.