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Who are the Friends of the Library? What do they do?
“The purpose of the Friends of the Morristown & Morris Township Library shall be to further public interest in and greater use of the Library and its facilities. This shall be done by raising funds for Library needs not included in the budget and by sponsoring special programs.” [From the Friends’ Constitution]
The Friends are the library’s hands-on volunteers. They get dusty hauling and sorting used books for the sales that bring the library more than $20,000 a year, provide a kind of book recycling service for the community, and offer shoppers inexpensive books for their personal libraries. The Friends fund lectures and other programs for the community, publish the quarterly Library News, prepare and serve an annual luncheon for library staff and volunteers and they stand ready to help with special events, purchases, projects or emergencies.
Join the Friends
Anyone may join the Friends by paying the annual dues (15.00 dollars for an individual) that help support the Library.
Contact the Friends
To contact the Friends please email us at: Friends@MMT.Mainlib.org.
Newsletter
The Friends publish a quarterly newsletter called Library News. Below you will find our most recent newsletters:
Used Book Sales
Book Sales are held in the Bookworm Room. On Saturdays, sales are in the Meeting Room as well. For specific dates and times, please visit our events page for upcoming book sales. The library is at 1 Miller Rd. Morristown, NJ. Click here for directions.
Please feel free to call the library at 973-538-6161 to verify book sale dates and times.
Used book sales are a significant fundraiser for the Friends. They also provide an opportunity for individuals to find new homes for books and to build personal libraries at affordable prices. All proceeds support the Library.
Book Donations
Interested in donating books? Please read carefully and observe these guidelines:
If you have books or items from the following categories, we cannot take them, and must spend money to recycle them. Please bring them to the Morristown Recycling Center instead. Morristown residents can recycle there for free. By not bringing them to us, you help us put our money to better use for the benefit of the library.
- No textbooks (except mathematics)
- No magazines or pamphlets
- No library discards
- No vinyl records, video tapes, audio cassettes, books-on-cassettes
- No damaged, dirty or moldy books
- No books with underlining or highlighting
- No books that have stickers on many pages
- No books with browned pages or foxing
- No condensed books, i.e., Reader’s Digest.
- No encyclopedias
- No Time-Life book sets
- No books with out-of-date information, including: travel books, health and wellness books, business books and investment books which are more than four years old. This means the publication dates of those books should not be greater than 4 years previous from the current date.
For new, like new, and very good condition books, you may bring up to two (2) bags or boxes of books, and leave them at the Circulation desk at the library. Please place donated books in bags and/or boxes that a single person can carry, which the Friends of the Library can keep for their transport and use. For larger donations, please make arrangements with Toni Brouillard (973) 538-1853.
Interested in Volunteering?
Please email Friends@MMT.Mainlib.org if you are interested in becoming a volunteer.
2022-2023 Friends Board
President: Linda Muse-Deo
Vice President: Brenda Geissler
Secretary: Susan Provence
Corresponding Secretary: Ginny Doney
Treasurers: Jane Kruse and Norma Mortimer
Library Director: Chad Leinaweaver
Library Assistant Director: Mary Lynn Becza
Membership: Eileen Duch
Book Sales: Toni Brouillard
Bookworm Room Coordinator: Kathryn Valvano
Volunteer Coordinator: Marian Glarum
Newsletter: Cindy Schafer, Eileen Duch
Publicity: Ruth Van Derpoel
Historian: Linda Muse-Deo
Book Requests: Barbara Hartman
Hospitality: Brenda Geissler
Children’s Room Liaison: Susan Provence
Equipment: Laurie Humm