The books don't get put in storage in most places, they get thrown away. > but a classmate of mine in high school used it as effectively free pass to universi

The books don't get put in storage in most places, they get thrown away. > but a classmate of mine in high school used it as effectively free pass to university libraries that you can't borrow books from when you're not suffering or faculty. The mass de-accessioning of older books is such a huge problem you often cannot find (even famous!) works through ILL anymore.