Annually at the Friends Booksale in February. The Booksale is one of the largest in the nation involving over 1,000 volunteers and raising close to $250,000 each year. The proceeds from the sale are given in grants to support the Metropolitan Library System.

What do I do to sign up for Booksale?

  • Choose the way you’d like to help and the day and time that work for you
  • Log in if you are a returning volunteer, or complete the online volunteer application.

Booksale Volunteers can:

  • Assist with moving in and setting up before the sale begins.
  • Help customers by monitoring line flow, cashiering, holding purchases, and stocking books on tables.
  • Work behind the scenes with fellow volunteers and perform other tasks as needed.
  • Receive service hours for schools, clubs, and scholarships.
  • Shop early before the Booksale, and shop FREE after the sale!
  • Have Fun!
holding area pickup point with two smiling volunteers

Click Here to Sign Up

Year round at the Sort Site. Sort Site volunteers get books ready for Booksale and volunteering is a more in-depth commitment. Volunteers choose a day of the week and volunteer throughout the year Monday through Friday from 8:30 – 12:30 and 1 – 4 on Wednesdays.

How do I get started volunteering at the Sort Site?

  • Choose the way you’d like to help and the days that work for you.
  • Complete the online volunteer application.
  • Sort Site Volunteers will then begin an approval process including a background check, orientation, and training.

What Can I do as a Sort Site Volunteer?

  • Help in the warehouse where books are received
  • Sort and box book donations and library withdrawals to be sold at Booksale
  • Post qualifying books for sale through Amazon, and manage the mailing of books
  • Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow book-lovers!
Carolyn Russell smiling as she sorts books

Opportunities will be posted in March 2022.

Metropolitan Library System

Department of Development and Volunteer Services

300 Park Avenue,
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Phone: 405-606-3760
Fax: 405-606-3735
Email: development@metrolibrary.org

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