Supporting Your Library

Volunteering

The Utica Library welcomes volunteers! Consider assisting us with our annual bake sale or book sale. Volunteers also straighten bookshelves, shelf-read and clean DVDs or CD Audiobooks.  If you're interested in volunteering, call us at 586-731-4141 or fill out a volunteer form the next time you're at the library.

Donations

The Utica Library gratefully accepts monetary donations.  A gift of $25.00 allows us to purchase one or two books or DVDS. If you wish your gift to be used for a particular area of interest, we will be glad to accommodate.  

We accept donations of materials all year round, though we can only accept 10 books at at time.  Book donations should be in good condition (nothing tattered and torn, or musty from years of storage) and nonfiction donations should be less than ten years old. 

We accept:

• Paperbacks and hardbacks for fiction of all genres
• Children's books
• Cookbooks
• Classics
• Poetry
• DVDs
• Audiobook CDs

We may add selected donated items to our collection, but we cannot promise to add all donated materials. 

We do not accept

• Encyclopedias
• Magazines
• Reader's Digest condensed books
• Textbooks
• Any nonfiction book more than 10 years old

Most donations go into our yearly book sale, the proceeds of which help fund the library. 

Memorial Giving

Memorial books are an excellent way to honor a friend or family member who has passed on.  The library will select a book or books commensurate with your monetary donation and follow your suggestions by choosing items in keeping with the individual's interests or reading tastes. The book will be bookplated with an appropriate sentiment, thus ensuring that every time the book is checked out your friend or family member will be remembered. 

Larger memorial gifts can always be made to fund a particular collection or a special project. For more details on memorial giving, please call the Library at 586-731-4141 and ask for the director.