Oh, weeding I completely understand, and my shelves show how I've reaped the benefits of it. (I love library discard books, because their identifiers show their history and where I picked them up.) You describe its process in a healthy library really well, though, and your point about staff/volunteers is well taken; we were just musing on why these books couldn't be donated to charity, and that explains it.
In this particular case, though, they're books in great shape, they're not being offered for sale, some of them were moving well in circulation, and the criteria for discarding them are boggling. So it's extra heartbreaking to see them Dumpstered. Rescue attempts are made where possible. We've adopted a bunch. It feels like taking in strays. *g*
I would love to see that survey link, thanks! And thanks for the sympathy. I'll pass it along, and he'll appreciate it.
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Date: 2006-05-18 07:22 pm (UTC)In this particular case, though, they're books in great shape, they're not being offered for sale, some of them were moving well in circulation, and the criteria for discarding them are boggling. So it's extra heartbreaking to see them Dumpstered. Rescue attempts are made where possible. We've adopted a bunch. It feels like taking in strays. *g*
I would love to see that survey link, thanks! And thanks for the sympathy. I'll pass it along, and he'll appreciate it.