FAQs

Donations for the collection are accepted under the provisions of the Donations for the Collection Policy, excerpted from the Palo Alto City Library Collection Development Policy, April 2018.

Donations are handled through the Friends of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL). Please see the FOPAL website for information on their schedule and limitations, or call 650-494-1266.

To get started, visit the Volunteering at PACL page to see current opportunities and apply. 

Fill out the online Suggest a Purchase form with your suggestion.  We can't promise that we will buy an item that is suggested for purchase, since our budget and shelving space are limited.

• Before suggesting a purchase, you also may want to see if the item is available through LINK+, an interlibrary loan service.
• We also accept submissions from authors and publishers. Guidelines for these submission are detailed in this PDF.

Check our dedicated FAQ page on Beanstack.