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Ex Libris · Briarwood

This book belongs to Briarwood — and so can you.

The used book sale is where donated and retired books find their next reader. A Briarwood library card is how you take home everything else: e-books, research help, and a room when you need one.

Browse the used book sale Register for a library card

01 — The used book sale

Your next read may already be waiting on the sale cart.

Books that have finished one life on our shelves come back for another. Browse the tables, take your time, and leave with an armful.

On the tables

Long tables of donated hardcovers and paperbacks sorted into stacks in a bright library room
Donated and retired books, sorted for the sale tables.

Books looking for their next home

Nothing here is a leftover. A used book is simply a book between readers — and the sale is where the handover happens.

  1. Books arrive on the sale tables from the community and from our own shelves.
  2. They are sorted by category, so you can head straight for the section you read.
  3. Take your time. If you can’t find it on the tables, ask at the desk.

02 — Library cards

The card is the invitation. The books do the rest.

A Briarwood library card is a small, unglamorous piece of card stock that opens a very large room. Register once and the whole collection answers to you.

  • Borrow from the shelves, at your own pace
  • Borrow e-books to your phone, tablet or e-reader
  • Ask a librarian for research assistance
  • Reserve a room for your group or study session

Registration card

Put your name in the Briarwood ledger

We use these details to set up your card. Prefer to register in person? Ask at the circulation desk and we’ll take care of it there.

03 — What your card opens

Rooms, research and reading after hours.

A card covers more than the shelves. Here are three of the things people ask for most, all included.

Room rentals 01
An empty sunlit library meeting room with a wooden table and chairs

Rooms for the neighborhood

Small meeting rooms and quiet study corners for groups, tutors, and anyone who works better out of the house. Ask at the front desk what’s open.

Ask about room rentals
Research assistance 02
A librarian and a visitor leaning over reference books and a laptop at a library table

A librarian beside you

Bring a half-formed question. A librarian will help you trace it through the catalog, the shelves and the wider web, one step at a time.

Ask a librarian
E-book access 03
An e-reader with a dark screen on a side table beside a paperback and reading glasses

The library, after hours

Borrow e-books straight to your phone, tablet or e-reader and keep the reading going long after the doors close.

Borrow with your card

Ex Libris · Briarwood

Claim your place in Briarwood’s reading life.

Start at the sale cart and finish at the circulation desk, with a card in your wallet and a book under your arm.

Register for a library card Browse the used book sale

Briarwood Public Library · Briarwood, New York