And now even the depositories are weeding. This is from the Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday, 10/12.
To my knowledge the depository items are circulatable within OhioLINK, leaving
the "last copies" open to being lost.
-Bill
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Lacking storage, Ohio tosses out college books
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is thinning out its collections of spillover books from 13
university libraries because warehouses are running out of room.
The state has five book depositories and doesn't have the funds to build more. So
librarians say their goal is to leave just two physical copies statewide of
lesser-used academic books and journals.
A consortium that includes Ohio's university libraries and the State Library of Ohio
says hundreds of reference materials have already been donated or recycled.
Ohio State University history professor Kevin Boyle calls the policy catastrophic. He
tells The Columbus Dispatch books are being lost for good.
The OhioLINK consortium maintains there's less need for printed copies of works
because electronic versions are available.
Received on Thu Oct 14 2010 - 11:18:08 EDT