Oh, I realize libraries sometimes get rid of books. I thought you were suggesting they somehow got paid by someone for destroying books, when you said "have be

Oh, I realize libraries sometimes get rid of books. I thought you were suggesting they somehow got paid by someone for destroying books, when you said "have been pulped (literally, this is a source of income for libraries)". I may have misunderstood. But sure, libraries get rid of books. Eventually the shelves are full, there's no way to get new books without getting rid of some old books. I don't understand what y'all are suggesting the alternative would be. I suppose expanding storage space forever, if you had the budget, could be an alternative. But very old books that, say, have not been checked out in many years, are _not_ deemed by experts to be of particular value (you started out wanting experts determination of value to be the _only_ criteria for selection, right? I don't think it should be the only one, but I do think it's one component), _and_ exist on library shelves elsewhere in the region)... don't seem worth spending storage budget on to me. budgets are limited, any money you are spending on storing books nobody needs or wants is money you aren't spending elsewhere. The most challenging part can be last one, making sure at least some library in the region keeps at least one copy, involving cooperation between different libraries. They work on it.