There will be no further sales at Terman.

We're excited to report that our booksale will likely be growing again at Cubberley.  Early in 2004, we're hoping to move out of the E5 bargain room and into two new rooms and an enclosed patio area in the K wing just nearby.  The new rooms, in addition to our main booksale room, will bring our total square footage at Cubberley to about 5,300 square feet, although that's still not quite as much as we had last year at the Terman Library.  We'll keep you informed about all the plans for the new space in upcoming issues.

A near-capacity crowd of about 180 people attended our annual meeting on October 30 for a delightful mini-booksale and talk on Leonardo da Vinci.  At the meeting, our members ratified new bylaws and thanked retiring directors Shelby Valentine and John Burt for their many years of service.  Martha Schmidt, Joe Shakes, and Patricia Sohl were elected as new directors to two-year terms beginning in 2004.  Our officers in 2004 will be Jeff Levinsky (President), Wendy Akers-Ghose (Vice President), Martha Schmidt (Secretary), Joe Shakes (Treasurer), and Bob Otnes (Assistant Treasurer).  We thank all who attended and the many volunteers who planned and set up the meeting.

Last month's sale was the fifth in a row which brought in over $10,000!  Many Friends of the Library groups in cities of comparable size manage to only earn that much once a year.  We'd like to thank all of our customers, donors, and volunteers for making these spectacularly large sales possible.  This month, we'd also like to thank the young men and women from the Gunn High School Key Club who are assisting us with heavy lifting, pricing, sorting, box cutting, and more.  They've been a tremendous help and lots of fun to work with.

With many donations from the community, the Children's Library Repair and Expansion project has been getting closer and closer to reaching its 2003 target of a little over $2 million.  We need to raise just another $175,000 by the end of this year to qualify for all the matching funds.  Please help the project by making your donation now as well.  Donations of all sizes are very welcome.  For $250, you can honor or memorialize someone with an inscribed brick in the wall in the Secret Garden behind the library.  More about this and other donation and naming opportunities.

Our book donation sorting area is on your right just as you enter the main booksale room at Cubberley.  We welcome you dropping donated books off as you enter and we have volunteers stationed there to assist you and provide you with tax receipts.  If you have more books to donate than you can carry, please ask our volunteers for assistance.  Or, bring your donations to the sale room throughout the month on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 2 pm to 4 pm, at other times by appointment via (650) 213-8755, or by dropping off one bag or box a day at any Palo Alto library.  Your donation to us is tax-deductible up to the full extent permitted by law.