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> One of the roles of the libraries is preservation of knowledge. Don't many libraries use analytics to determine which types of books are popular and which bo
by logicalmonster 5y ago
> One of the roles of the libraries is preservation of knowledge.
Don't many libraries use analytics to determine which types of books are popular and which books aren't borrowed often enough to justify what gets put on the shelves? Aren't their shelves filling up with lots of timely pop-culture rather than timeless knowledge?
- taubek 5y agoIn my country there is a national library. They have to store in thir vault/archive every publication that was published in that country. I think that the name of this is "Mandatory law". https://stuff.coffeecode.net/www.loc.gov/law/help/deposit-laws/index.php https://stuff.coffeecode.net/www.loc.gov/law/help/deposit-la...