Gingerland Library Book Drive Guidelines

Guidelines

Local Donations

International Donations

 

Guidelines:

The Friends of the Gingerland Library will accept donations of books and other items all year. We gladly accept any books you would like to donate but, by following the guidelines below, you can help the volunteers that sort and shelve the many books we receive.

Books and magazines* should be in good readable condition. Books with broken spines, missing pages or covers, or that are water damaged should be discarded. We are unable to use such books.

Please discard any books that have a mildew odor. Mildew can spread easily between stored books and is difficult to get rid of.

Old magazines* that are of special interest (e.g., gardening, woodworking, cooking, architecture) are great.

We accept videos, DVDs, books-on-tape, books-on-CD, audiocassettes and CDs. Homemade video and audiotapes are not accepted.

We will accept software CDs if they are not too old.

Jigsaw puzzles and board games are accepted.

Please do not leave us old televisions or computer monitors. Please properly dispose of these items.

*Currently we are not accepting magazines, we just don't have the room right now to properly circulate these items.

Local Donations:

On-island:

Please leave your books and other materials to be donated at the circulation desk in the library. It is extremely helpful if you can bring your items to the library yourself. However, if you are unable to do so, we do have volunteers that will be happy to pick them up. Please call the library at 469-5521 xt 2089 and leave a message asking for a pick-up. A volunteer will call you back and make arrangements to do so.

 

Off-island:

If you are traveling to Nevis and want to hand deliver your books please be aware that customs regulations prohibit the entry of these materials by individuals unless duties are paid.  Please inform the customs officer that the books are for the Gingerland Library.  You can then leave them with the officer and we will be contacted to pick them up at your point of entry.  Please include your contact information so that we may thank you for your donation.

International Donations:

Through the generosity of a number of freight forwarders and corporate donors we are able to accept donations from North America at the least cost possible to the donating party.  Please contact us to coordinate your shipment - dependant upon size, there are quite a few options available.

 

If you would like to make a donation from any of the European countries, we are still working on the best way to forward items to Nevis. If you have any ideas, please share them with us.