Gifts and Donations

The Santa Monica Public Library welcomes donations for the Library’s collections and the Friends of the Library Bookstore. Book donations can be dropped off at the Main Library entrance during open hours. Larger donations are accepted on Fridays between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at the Main Library 7th Street Paseo entrance. Donations are not accepted at the branches at this time.

We welcome books, vinyl, CDs, and DVDs, but no galleys or screeners. The Library does not accept donations of magazines. If you have any questions please contact us at 310-458-8600 or email us at library@santamonica.gov.

Library staff or volunteers cannot pick up donated materials from residences or businesses.

The Library reserves the right to refuse restrictive gift conditions and to transfer donations not added to the Library's collection to the Friends of the Santa Monica Public Library for sale in their used bookstore at the Main Library. Proceeds of bookstore sales benefit the Library.

Gifts are acknowledged with a receipt that indicates the number and general type of items being donated. The Library cannot make a determination of the value of the donation or act as an appraiser pursuant to The Tax Reform Act of 1984, Sec. 155a.