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We’re Hiring: Executive Director

Join our team as Executive Director of the Ramsey County Library Friends. Do you love and value libraries? Do you seek a meaningful opportunity to use your leadership experience and skills to support an organization that benefits the entire community? Are you looking for a flexible, part-time position that brings fulfillment? This is your chance to share your library story with others! Our ideal candidate will be a highly visible library advocate, with proven ability to lead organizational growth and develop and maintain relationships with individual, civic and business partners and donors. Learn more & apply.

Book Sale April 11-14

Save the dates for our annual spring Used Book Sale taking place at the Roseville library April 11-14, 2024. Shop a huge selection of paperback books, hardcover books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, and more priced at $2.00 or less! The $5 Bag Sale will be happening on the last day, Sunday, April 14. View sale hours & details.

Year-End Giving

With your support, we made substantial contributions to Ramsey County Library’s lending materials and resources in 2023. It’s not too late to make a gift to the Friends to support these incredibly valuable services to our community. Your donation will go even further due to a generous $11,200 matching grant from the Friends’ Board of Directors. Learn more and make a tax-deductible donation. Thank you for your support!

Ruth Palmer Award

Sue Gehrz is being awarded our 2023 Ruth Palmer Award for her long-standing, multi-faceted contributions to the Ramsey County Library Friends. She served as Executive Director of RCLF for nine years (2008-2017), during which time the organization grew significantly in financial donations to support library amenities and programs, membership, and community engagement. Following her retirement, she remains an active, strong supporter of both the Friends and Ramsey County Library. Please join us in congratulating Sue the next time you see her!

Friends Bookstores in our Communities

The Ramsey County Library Friends operate year-round, used bookstores at the Maplewood, Shoreview, and Roseville libraries and used book carts at the White Bear Lake and Mounds View libraries. They are accessible for honor-pay purchases anytime the libraries are open. Many library patrons are often surprised when they learn about the stores and carts and the many ways they benefit our communities and help fulfill our mission to promote literacy. Read full article.

Thank You for Giving to the Max

Thank you so much for being supporters of Ramsey County Library. Your Give to the Max gifts, totaling $4,867, will empower your neighbors with vitally important FREE access to indispensable information, education, and print and digital resources.

A Standup Friend

Our fabulous longtime volunteer Judy Anderson was honored during the Minnesota Association of Library Friends’ Saturday Splash event on September 30. Judy was recognized with the 2023 Stand Up for Standout Friends Award for her decades of volunteerism with the Ramsey County Library Friends. She served on our Board of Directors for six years starting in 2009 and has remained active in many other ways ever since. Congratulations to Judy!

Maplewood Bookstore & Library Now Open

The Grand Reopening of the remodeled Ramsey County Library in Maplewood took place November 4, 2023. The Friends Used Bookstore is also now open in a new central location.

We have also resumed accepting donations of books, A/V materials and games at the Maplewood library. Please limit donations to two grocery bags or similarly sized boxes per donor, per day. Bring donations to the front desk to be handled by library staff. Please see our book donations page for more information on the types of items we can and cannot accept in the libraries. Thank you!

Children’s Book Donations Needed

More donations of children’s books are needed for our Reading Friends program and our bookstores and sales. Bring your donations of gently used items for pre-school ages through grade six, to any Ramsey County Library location (except for Maplewood, until the Maplewood library opens November 4). Please limit donations to two grocery bags or similarly sized boxes per day. Read our book donation guidelines.

Love Your Library

What do you love about your Library and the Friends? We love hearing from Friends Members, patrons, staff, and volunteers. The April contest has passed but the online form will stay open for feedback if you wish to submit a quote or story to potentially be featured on social media. Learn more and fill out the form. Read stories and quotes published from submissions.

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