The Gainesville Sun Changes for Friends of the Library Like every firm in the country, this has been a helluva year for Friends of the Library. We bought the Junior League space early in the year and now own the whole building at 430 N. Main St., giving us much-needed additional capacity. Then came COVID-19, which prevented us from holding both our five-day spring and fall sales, disappointing our volunteers and thousands of eager customers. We therefore have a hugely reduced income and cannot contribute to the county's libraries as we have done for 65 years. We do expect to repeat our recent Bag of Books (BOB) sale in mid-January to mid-February. Other potential sale schemes are in the works. For information, please look at our website: folacld.org.