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Utica Public Library

Supporting Your Library

Get involved at the Utica Public Library!

Volunteering

The Utica Library welcomes volunteers!  If you just have a few hours to volunteer, consider assisting us with our annual bake sale or book sale.  If you're interested in volunteering on a more consistent basis, a couple of hours every week for example, we always have need of individuals to straighten bookshelves or shelf-read and clean DVDs or CD Audiobooks.  If you're interested in volunteering, call us at 586-731-4141 for more information or fill out a volunteer form the next time you're at the library.

Donations

The Utica Library gratefully accepts monetary donations.  As a small library with a small tax base, patron donations allow us to purchase items that our budget simply doesn't cover.  A gift of $25.00 allows us to purchase one or two books or DVDS.  The more you give, obviously, the more we can purchase.  If you wish your gift to be used for a particular area of interest, we will be glad to accommodate.  

In addition, we accept donations of materials all year round.  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 do not accept encyclopedias, magazines, Reader's Digest condensed books or textbooks. We do take paperbacks and hardbacks for fiction of all genres, children's books, cookbooks, classics, poetry,  DVDs, and CDs.  We will add selected donated items to our collection, but we cannot promise to add all donated materials.  Most donations fo 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 ollow your suggestions by choosing items in keeping with the individual's interests or reading tastes. The book will be bookplated with an appropriate sentiment which you can compose or leave to us, thus ensuring that every time the book is checked out your friend or family member will be remembered.  In addition, the inscription will display in the library's online catalog.  Memorial books are truly living memorials to your loved ones.

Larger memorial gifts can always be made to fund a particular collection or a special project.  Arrangements can be made with the Library Director and/or Board of Trustees for a project that will both serve the library's needs and honor your loved one in a way that is in accordance with your wishes.  For more details on memorial giving, please call the Library at 586-731-4141 and ask for the director.