<div dir="ltr">I use SCARCE. It's in Glen Ellyn. They don't pick up though. I bring the books to them. If they are in poor condition they recycle them. If they are usable they give them to schools in need. <div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.0029983520508px"><i>Gretchen Broadus</i></span></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.0029983520508px">Lisle Junior High - LRC Director</span></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.0029983520508px"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.0029983520508px"><br></em></font></div><font size="1">"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."</font></em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.0029983520508px"><font size="1"> - Oliver Wendell Holmes</font></span></font><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:06 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Good evening, everyone:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">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do you go with discarded books that can't be donated or repurposed because they're in terrible condition or hopelessly out of date? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I'm systematically weeding a long-neglected collection and have amassed many boxes of old materials. Here's what I've tried/considered:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><ul><li><b>Recycling service.</b> 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. </li><li><b>Give-aways.</b> I can't offer them to students or teachers because of poor condition or inaccuracy. I won't donate them because kids deserve better.</li><li><b>School projects. </b>The art department and classroom teachers don't need/want them.<br></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I'm in Winnetka, a northern suburb of Chicago. If anybody knows of something I haven't tried, please let me know!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Warmest regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Jenna</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-4403645203728163353gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif">__</font><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">________________________________</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Jenna Nemec-Loise, MLIS</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Head Librarian</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">North Shore Country Day School</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">310 Green Bay Road | Winnetka, IL 60093</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">(847) 881-8803 | <a href="mailto:jnemecloise@nscds.org" target="_blank">jnemecloise@nscds.org</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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