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An infinite e book sale filling the Foster-Piper Fieldhouse and e book drive are within the works at Northern Oklahoma Faculty in Tonkawa.

The NOC Tonkawa library is present process a change to satisfy the wants of in the present day’s school college students. The library employees and volunteers have weeded out greater than 20,000 books that can be bought Aug. 4-7.

The brand new-found library area will present enhanced scholar examine areas, new know-how and can be remodeled into the Pickens Studying Commons. This can turn into a spotlight space for college students at NOC, in response to a press launch.

NOC will settle for donations of books and media to learn the library challenge. Donations will serve two functions. Some newer, well-kept books, DVDs and CDs can be added to the library’s assortment if there’s a want and in the event that they meet the identical requirements as these required of bought supplies. The gathering can be enhanced by the addition of newer, donated books.

Lots of the donations won’t be added to the gathering, however can be bought at a big e book sale to fund buying wanted books and digital library sources for college students. The digital sources can be utilized by college students, school and workers on all campuses. Donations judged not appropriate for the gathering or the sale can be discarded. Books should be supplied in packing containers or tubs to permit simple transporting to the library/sale. As soon as accepted, donations are property of NOC and can’t be returned to the donor.

Books and different acceptable supplies can be accepted in areas in Ponca Metropolis, Tonkawa, Blackwell, Enid and Stillwater. Drop off areas can be supplied at a later date. Donations can be accepted July 28 via Aug. 4.

For detailed pointers for donations and any restrictions with the sale test NOC’s web site at https://www.noc.edu/library/booksale. NOC will be capable of settle for hardcover and paperback books for adults (Books for teenagers and youngsters can be put within the sale); up to date and traditional fiction; well-liked and research-oriented nonfiction akin to science, social science, biographies, historical past and self-improvement; and DVDs, Blu-ray discs, music and audio books on CD.

NOC will be unable to simply accept books in poor situation (stained, damaged spins, yellowed, moldy, torn), encyclopedias, dictionaries, outdated textbooks, reference or analysis books (older than 2012), Readers Digest condensed books, magazines and journals, audio cassettes and VHS tapes, laptop video games or laptop gear or books discarded by different libraries. NOC asks that you just take a while to guage your donation, as there can be many books that should be sorted for the sale.

Volunteers are wanted to help with donations and the sale. Contact the NOC Library at (580) 628-6250 for info.