The library at Mount Lebanon, PA did, creating “The Book Cellar”.
“We’ve wanted to do this for many years,” said Cynthia Richey, library director. “I think my friends and I talked about a permanent used-book shop … in 1995-96, and this is finally becoming a reality.”
More than 100,000 volumes are donated to the library each year, she said. They were sold at semi-annual used-book sales, which last year generated $60,000. But the time and manpower of storing the books off-site and setting up temporary shelving became problematic.
So, The Book Cellar, a permanent used-book store, was created in several rooms downstairs from the main library, through the efforts of Friends of the Library volunteers to staff it. Not just books, book accessories too.
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