Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library is a non-profit group working to stimulate interest in the needs, services and facilities of the El Dorado County Main Library and its branches, Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, Georgetown, Pollock Pines and South Lake Tahoe.

Join the Friends or donate to your library Online
You may join the Friends and/or donate to the library by using PayPal. Make your choices from the drop down menus below and then click the PayPal Check Out button. Thank you!

Join the Friends or donate to your library by mail
Fill out a Membership Application,
print it and mail it with your check payable to:
The Friends of the Library
345 Fair Lane
Placerville, CA 95667
or bring it to any branch.

Thank you!
Memberships:
Individual - $10.00 Business - $25.00 Life - $250.00

Send an e-mail to the Friends of the Library for more information.

We love our Friends!

Click here to see photos of the Friends of the Library January 29th, 2009 Dinner

Book Sales

You may purchase gently used books at sales that are held at the:

Main Library in Placerville, generally the 1st Saturday of each month from 8am to 2pm. Patrons who wish to donate books may want to drive to the back of the library on Wednesdays between 10am and 1pm. The Book Sale Volunteers work in the garage on during that time and they can help you unload your vehicle.
Cameron Park Library the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 am to 12 noon
El Dorado Hills Library: Call the library at (916) 358-3500 for times and dates
Georgetown Library: Call the library at (530) 333-4724 for times and dates

Honor tables with books for sale are in the lobbies of each library. If you would like to know what types of books are best to donate for the book sales, please read our Donation Guidelines.

Online Book Sale

There are over 1,500 books currently listed on the Friends of the Library shop on Amazon. Books may be purchased directly from the Friends of the Library without paying shipping charges by submitting detailed information about the desired books to: The Friends of the Library
Please make checks payable to the Friends of the Library. Pick up your selection at the main library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, California 95667
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE AGAINST PRIOR SALE

Endowment Fund

You have the opportunity to ensure the future of the El Dorado County Library. Your generous gift will enable the library to enrich lives by fostering a lifelong love of reading, discovery and learning.
With your help, we can establish or enhance:

Branch Libraries
Bookmobile Service
Literacy Programs
Children's Books and Programs
Technological Innovations

The Friends of the Library and the Endowment Fund welcome gifts in any amount. All gifts to the fund are used to build principle with only a portion of the interest used to fund Library projects. Thus, a gift to the Endowment Fund will continue to serve El Dorado County Libraries for many years in the future.
Call the Friends of the Library in Placerville at (530) 621-5540 or South Lake Tahoe at (530) 573-3185 for more information or assistance with planned giving.

Meetings

Board meetings, to which the public are invited, are held the third Monday of each month at 1:00 pm. Call the library (530) 621-5540 to confirm date, time and location. A general membership meeting is held in January of each year. Call your branch library for information about its chapter's meetings. The membership is informed of meetings and other activities by the Between Friends Newsletter, published three times a year.

Sesquicentennial reprint of Paolo Sioli's Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California.

Title page from Sesquicentennial reprint

This book was originally published in 1883. It was reprinted in 1998 by the Friends of the Library of El Dorado County. Only a few copies of this elegant limited edition are still available. The price of $52.02 includes 7.25% tax. Copies of this book are available at the libraries in Placerville, Cameron Park, Pollock Pines, El Dorado Hills, Georgetown and South Lake Tahoe. There is a $5.00 shipping and handling fee if you would like the book to be sent to you. Call the library at (530) 621-5540 to order your copy.

Placerville/Main Bookmobile Cameron Park El Dorado Hills Georgetown Pollock Pines South Lake Tahoe

El Dorado County Library
345 Fair Lane, Placerville, California 95667 USA
Phone: (530) 621-5540 Fax: (530) 622-3911