• Book donations should be no more than 15 years old. Exceptions are made for material about Chico, Northeastern California, limited editions and other books of special interest.
  
  
• The library does not accept donations of textbooks, single issues of journals and magazines (except for replacement of missing issues), or handbooks.
  
  
• Donations are very selectively added to the collection.
  
  
• Donations not added to the collection are given to the Friends of the Meriam Library for fundraising purposes.
  
  
• All donated not added to the collection or sold by the Friends are recycled with a recognized recycler.
  
  
• The library, by law, cannot offer appraisals on the value of donated collections.
  

The Library does not add duplicates to the collection and appreciates donors checking potential donations against the Library Catalog to eliminate duplicates.

Inquiries about donations should be directed to Collection Management and Technical Services at 530-898-5726 (ask for Paula).