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October 10, 2005
Please, take our junk
Gulf Coast libraries find friends in Alabama and elsewhere
Damaged libraries are getting help from other libraries. Sort of. They're getting our discards. It's not exactly a sacrifice. (You'd be surprised how many books a public library goes through.) The Birmingham Public Library is being a little more sensible and just holding onto theirs until librarians can make selections: "We might be sending things they have no use for," says the director.
Posted by Mac Thomason at October 10, 2005 09:54 AM
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I stopped donating books to public libraries when I figured out how quickly they often dispose of books through sales, etc. I now donate to university libraries, which tend to hold on to things.
Posted by: Nico at October 10, 2005 12:31 PM
Mac, are you aware of Library Thing? It's a time sink of the first order.
Posted by: Linkmeister at October 10, 2005 12:54 PM
I've heard about it but haven't really checked it out. I catalog enough!
Posted by: Mac Thomason at October 10, 2005 01:08 PM
Ah, but that's the joy of it. If you know the ISBN, it does all the hard work for you. Of course, if you've got books pre-1970 when the standard was accepted (raises hand), you've still got work to do.
Posted by: Linkmeister at October 10, 2005 03:30 PM