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Join the Friends of the Library

• Buy DPL Merch from Bullzerk

Make a Donation

When you contribute to Dallas Public Library, your name, or the name of the person you choose to honor, will be printed on a bookplate and placed in a new item that will circulate throughout the Dallas Public Library System.

What your gift could buy:

• $50  Digital ebook or audiobook

• $30  Fiction hardcover or Summer Blockbuster DVD or a digital video

• $25  Nonfiction hardcover

• $20  Classic Movie on DVD

• $10  Paperback

• I would like to donate online

• I prefer to mail in my donation 

Donate Used Materials

Accepted materials:

• New, Like-New, or Gently Used materials only

• Books, Audiobooks on CD, DVD/Blu-Ray, Music CDs only

• Vinyl records – please call 214-670-1643 to discuss donation

• Call your local branch to schedule an appointment. Donations will be accepted by appointment only.

• Arrive at your appointment time and call the branch. A staff member will come to your vehicle to get the items from your trunk or backseat.

• Donation limit per appointment: 2 small moving boxes or grocery bags

• Donated materials become the property of the Dallas Public Library and will be evaluated based upon our collection development policy and may be added to the collection, sold, traded, discarded or donated to another non-profit institution or library. All proceeds from the sale of donated materials benefit the Dallas Public Library.

• Due to the volume of materials received, the Dallas Public Library cannot pick up donations.

• Donations of items such as craft supplies, puzzles or games will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please call 214-670-7809.

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