{"id":1506,"date":"2010-02-09T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T15:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:11:20","slug":"book-sale-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2010\/02\/09\/book-sale-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Sale 2010: The Preparations Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universityofscrantonlibrary\/3479643455\/in\/set-72157616303880558\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3312\/3479643455_93767ec3cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re T-minus 73 days to the kickoff of <a href=\"http:\/\/academic.scranton.edu\/department\/wml\/bkplant-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\">Book &amp; Plant Sale 2010<\/a>, and the Library staff is already busy getting ready for our biggest annual event.\u00a0 Clear your calendar for April 24 and 25, since this year&#8217;s sale promises to be one of our best yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Library has started collecting donations of used hardcover and paperback books, along with videos, CDs, records, and tag sale items.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re doing some early spring cleaning and would like to donate, please drop off your contributions in the donation boxes at our Monroe Ave entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment of this year&#8217;s class of volunteers has also begun. We&#8217;re looking for students, patrons, and friends of the Library to help us price, organize, and sell our books.\u00a0 Give Barb E. a call at 570-941-4078 and let her know what times you&#8217;re available.<\/p>\n<p>And in the meantime, feel free to start thinking about where you&#8217;ll start your browsing when the doors open. Cookbooks? Nonfiction?\u00a0Barb&#8217;s famous &#8220;Special Treasures&#8221;? The fragrant flowering plants? 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