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Sales Policy

The Board of Trustees has mandated that there shall be no selling of any kind, or any commercial promotions, within the building and on the grounds of the Library, with the following exceptions:

• library-sponsored programs in which titles and/or other approved program-related materials by a featured speaker/performer may be offered for sale by the speaker/performer;
• the Friends used book sales, or other Friends initiatives, which may be held at the Library with prior approval of the Board of Trustees;
• events sponsored by the Falmouth Public Library Foundation, with prior approval of the Board of Trustees;
• or by a local book-seller, or his representative, invited by any of one of the above organizations, acting on behalf of any of the above organizations.

The speaker/performer, or permit applicant, must notify the Library when planning to offer titles for sale. In all cases, the library staff is not responsible for collecting any payments; the speaker/performer or his representative is responsible for collecting any payments.

In all cases, there shall be no requests for donations.

The Falmouth Public Library Board of Trustees reserves the right to alter, amend, or terminate this policy.

Approved and voted 9/10/2010