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Friends of the Loutit Library
Purpose
Membership
Cheapstacks Used Book Store
PURPOSE
The purpose of Friends of the Loutit District Library is to maintain an
association of persons interested in libraries; to focus public attention on the library;
to stimulate the use of the library’s resources and services; to receive and
encourage gifts, endowments, and bequests to the library; to support and cooperate with
the library staff in developing library services and facilities for the community; to lend
legislative support where needed; and to support the freedom to read as expressed in the
American Library Association Bill of Rights.
The Friends strengthen the library’s resources and services which cannot be
funded through the tax-supported budget. Friends promote a sense of community identity
through the activities of the Loutit District Library.
Friends of the Loutit District Library have been involved in the following
activities:
 | Purchase of equipment for the library: two computers for the children’s
room, scanner, printer, copy machine, laminator, stereo/phonograph, Reading Edge reader
for the blind, badge maker, & much more!
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| Purchase of books (all types), books on tape, subscriptions, videos, CD ROMs,
& computer programs.
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| Purchase of furniture for the library. (Book and magazine racks, furniture &
toy chest for the children’s room, etc.)
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| Support of Adult Winter & Summer Reading Clubs, Children’s & Young
Adult Summer Reading Clubs, and additional special programs by purchasing snacks, prizes
& decorations.
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You can become involved with the Friends of the Loutit Library! You will receive
notices of all upcoming meetings and events being sponsored by the Friends.
MEMBERSHIP
The Friends meet on the first
Wednesday of the month during the school year on the lower level of the Loutit District Library; guests
are always welcome.
Click
here to join.
CHEAPSTACKS
USED BOOK STORE
Run by the Friends of the Loutit Library, Cheapstacks Used Bookstore is the
largest used bookstore in Michigan run by a Friends group.
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Cheapstacks Open Hours
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Monday 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Thursday 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Located at the south end of the lower level of the library building, the
store has over 1000 feet of shelves filled with fiction and non-fiction,
hardcover and paperback books, as well as magazines, records, video and audio
cassettes.
Approximately 20,000 used books!
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Book Prices are
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Hardcover 50 cents
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First Editions - $2 to $5
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Paperback 25 cents
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Men's Adventure Paperback 10 cents
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This is what you'll see when
you enter the Cheapstacks Used Book Store. |
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The shelf racks on the left contain 1500
linear feet of shelf space. Since a shelf holds about 30 hardcover
books, there is room for 45,000 books. In addition, there are 2
tables of paper back books, 18 bins of LP records, plus some audio and
video tapes. |
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