Q. Is it possible to buy books from this library? I heard that academic libraries have sales and sometimes sell their books. I'm looking to buy the

IUP does not sell books from our collection. We occassionally have book sales of materials donated to the library but which we are not able to add to our collection. Because we are state-owned institution, once we add an item to the collection it becomes state property and there are very specific rules about how we may dispose of state property. Unfortunately, sales are not one of the options.