To become a friend, pick up a membership application form in the Library, and mail it with your check or money order. Your most valuable benefit is knowing you support our library system. The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library organize annual used book sales to benefit the Library. For the first time ever, a February book sale was held in 1999. The big sale continues to be in the fall.
Sales begin with a members only pre-sale.
This popular event is open to the public, and has become a tradition for thousands of book lovers in Lawrence and all around. There are well over 100,000 items to choose from each year, sorted by subject, with no carry-over from the previous sale. Particularly notable is the vast array each year of children's books, and rare and valuable books offered by silent auction. Friends members crowd our special members-only preview sale held the evening before the sale opens to the general public. You can donate your used books, sheet music, records and tapes to the Friends Book Sale by dropping them by the Library.