The Daily Populous Friday November 17th, 2023 night edition
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jackback52 on November 16th, 2023 at 02:50 UTC »

Ugh, believe it or not public libraries do this as well. They have limited shelf space and senior staff weed to make room for new books coming in. If public libraries accepted and catalogued all books donated, every library system would need one whole library building dedicated just to harry potter.

jessek on November 16th, 2023 at 03:14 UTC »

This is pretty common. The local used shop where I live puts stuff on a free shelf, but they get so much junk either donated or as part of large collections they buy, they have to recycle some books, especially ones like travel guides or old textbooks.

star_nerdy on November 16th, 2023 at 06:05 UTC »

As a librarian, let me tell you not every book is worth saving.

Tons of books are poor quality. A bunch more are outdated. I’ve had to fight staff not wanting to throw reference books from 30 years ago despite us having money for new books that are accurate or desired.

Old does not mean valuable or rare. Sometimes old is just old.