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Removing Books From Libraries Often Takes Debate. But There’s a Quieter Way. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 month ago by CyberpunkLibrarian@lemmy.ml to c/libraries

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

TLDR: people are damaging books they want removed from the library. These books are pulled from circulation as part of a process called “weeding”.

But when books are weeded, a fresh copy is ordered to replace it. So this vandalism isn’t really accomplishing anything.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Might work with books copies of which can no longer be obtained. Besides, vandalism as a vigilantism looks pretty poor stance to me

Edit: now that I gave it more thought, vandalism is sometimes the only way to express oppressed views. But I am against specifically secretly damaging communal books

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If the same books are constantly getting destroyed, the library may consider no longer replacing them in order to avoid the cost.