Old Computer Book Recycling?

[Phil Thayer]

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book is outdated or not doesn't really matter.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 at kclug.org 
> [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf Of Leo Mauler
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:31 AM
> To: kclug at 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 at 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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