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And they should not even be needed. In many places the issue is solved at start. Copy or copies of each commercially produced book is send to national library.
by Ekaros 2mo ago
And they should not even be needed. In many places the issue is solved at start. Copy or copies of each commercially produced book is send to national library. Which with tax payer money keeps an archive. Meaning that at least one copy exist for research purposes if needed.
- scarmig 2mo agoUnfortunately, that's not the case in the United States. The LOC only selects around half of published books to be permanently held. The rest are disposed of (usually returning them to the publisher, donating them to a library, or destroying them).
- fmajid 2mo agoThey should send them to The Internet Archive instead.
- FeloniousHam 2mo agoWhy aren't we storming the Library of Congress? They are the real villains here.
- fmajid 2mo agoNo, Congress itself is, for not giving its own Library the resources to do is job.