[aisle] [AISLE-Share] Discarded Books: Poor Condition or Inaccurate

[Barb Miller]

ACI just came and picked up books from us this past August.

Barb Miller
Learning Resource Center Facilitator
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C

*Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination *
- Sidney Sheldon


On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:06 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good evening, everyone:
>
> I know this has been asked many times previously, but where do you go with
> discarded books that can't be donated or repurposed because they're in
> terrible condition or hopelessly out of date?
>
> I'm systematically weeding a long-neglected collection and have amassed
> many boxes of old materials. Here's what I've tried/considered:
>
>    - *Recycling service.* I can't find a service that will pick them up.
>    I've called and e-mailed several places, and they won't take library books.
>    - *Give-aways.* I can't offer them to students or teachers because of
>    poor condition or inaccuracy. I won't donate them because kids deserve
>    better.
>    - *School projects. *The art department and classroom teachers don't
>    need/want them.
>
> I'm in Winnetka, a northern suburb of Chicago. If anybody knows of
> something I haven't tried, please let me know!
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Jenna
> __________________________________
> *Jenna Nemec-Loise, MLIS*
> Head Librarian
> North Shore Country Day School
> 310 Green Bay Road | Winnetka, IL 60093
> (847) 881-8803 | jnemecloise at nscds.org
>
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