Me at my library job as the only one who will weed books

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s got to be tough. Hope this means you can eventually order more that people have been requesting.

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  • capybeby@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It does! We gotta clear space on the shelves sometimes for new books :)

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      God, libraries are cool

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• Tower@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How long does a book have to go without being checked out to be purged?

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  • capybeby@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Depends on the library and the type of book. Typical time frames are 10 years, 7 years, 5 years, or 2 years. For example I work in an busy urban library in the children’s room and we were running out of space in our fiction novel section so we did a 5 year then a 2 year when the first one didn’t make enough space. Our nonfiction section grows less quickly so we do 7 year weeds.

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    • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      The library i worked for for a while also had an archive system. If there were fewer than X books in the system for the whole country (not counting most novels) it would never get removed. It was wild spotting books that predated my grandparents just sitting on the public shelf, defended only by a “no checkout” sticker.

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• rockyracoon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I love libraries and the people that work at them ♥️📙

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• Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Doing difficult, noble work OP. Thank you for keeping local community resources running.

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