The Joshua Hyde Public Library encourages and appreciates support of the Library by the community. Although the Library will gratefully accept all monetary gifts, we encourage donors to make any cash donations directly to the Friends of the Joshua Hyde Public Library. The Friends are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation set up to do fund raising that enable library services not provided by the Town or by the Commonwealth. Additional information about the Friends of the Joshua Hyde Public Library may be found at www.sturbridgelibraryfriends.org.
Gifts of books and other materials will be evaluated as described in the Collection Development Policy and added to the Library’s collection, presented to another collection, sold by the Friends of the Joshua Hyde Public Library, or discarded at the discretion of the Library Director and the Trustees. The Library reserves the right to refuse any gift. Donations will not be returned.
The Library is forbidden by law to act as an appraiser. If a receipt for tax purposes is required, please be aware that the donor is required to secure their own appraisal prior to the date of the gift and to attach the value to the donation.