I would venture to bet that there are libraries somewhere out there that would be able to use those books. There are even libraries that specialize in certain subject matters. I would never throw away a book and certainly would not burn one. Whether the subject matter of the book is outdated or not doesn't really matter. They may indeed dispose of the books, after they are processed and the contents are saved on microfilm or a digital format. I would not say that I am qualified to make the decision as to what is useful or not to a library. I would do it just out of respect for the person who wrote the book and for the people that may want to reference something in it someday.
I just would not be able to bring myself to throw some bodies published intellect away like that.
-----Original Message----- From: kclug-bounces@kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Leo Mauler Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:31 AM To: kclug@kclug.org Subject: RE: Old Computer Book Recycling?
I know there are some very nice people working in libraries. My father has been working in a library for 30 years. One of the things which makes a librarian very angry is to see someone else damage or destroy a book, and one thing they have to do which can make them very sad is to have to destroy or throw out a book themselves.
Here I am with a load of books which are no longer useful to anyone except very tiny niche collectors, so by handing them off to a library I'm essentially saying to a bunch of dedicated librarians "destroy these books for me so I don't have to destroy them myself." I don't want that kind of guilt, so I was thinking of recycling instead.
--- Phil Thayer phil.thayer@vitalsite.com wrote:
Here is what the official policy is at Mid-Continent Library. (I have done a bit of work up there and know the IT Manager whose wife works in the cataloging section.):
We'll take any books that people want to donate. It's our policy that we don't turn away any books. We try to use every book we get. If we can't use them we'll try other library systems. We do everything we can so we don't just have to dispose of them.
So take the books up there to them.
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