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430 N Main St Ste B

Gainesville, FL 32601

+1 (352) 375-1676

http://folacld.org

Friends of the Library provides public library services to the communities of Alachua County in Florida. Friends of the Library is governed by the Alachua County Library District, and has reciprocal borrowing agreements with the surrounding counties of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union. The library offers access to materials in a variety of formats to meet the needs for general information, popular topics and titles, and recreational reading. It also provides resource support to students in formal education, home schooling, and vocational and preschool programs. The library accepts donations throughout the year, and has volunteers who sort, price and arrange books for semiannual book sales that is open to the public. The proceeds of the book sales are used for budgeted library support, scholarships for library staff, special projects and county literacy projects. Friends of the Library is located in Gainesville, Fla.

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4.515 reviews

Timmothy M.

3/13/2019

HOW GOOD IS IT? My wife and I drive from Atlanta twice a year just to buy books. HOW GOOD IS IT? As a minister, I have found an amazing selection of Christian books, bibles, reference books etc....

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Jon A.

1/24/2024

I haven't been to the Friends of the Library book sale in a while, so going was kind of an experience. I didn't really have a goal in mind for what I wanted, so just going through the stacks and...

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Steve F.

4/24/2023

They used to charge admission on the 1st day, which helped to keep the line short. I was in line for about an hour, no shade. The prices seem much higher now, and arbitrary. Even here Liberals...

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Radcliffe B.

4/21/2024

I got into line at 3 a.m. yesterday and was number 49. People had lounge chairs and beds. The earliest people placed chairs in the front of the line on Friday night, went home and came back in the...

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Bill W.

12/7/2015

Possibly the best Booksale you'll find anywhere... And there's a great selection of music and games too! The sale is held twice a year, and my wife and I haven't missed it once for five years...

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