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Commission weighs options for disposing discarded library books amid space, procurement limits
Summary
The commission discussed options to clear about 60 boxes of withdrawn or donated but-unused books, including town surplus listings, vendor buyouts, Friends sales, or charitable donation; finance and procurement staff advised options and constraints.
Library staff told the commission they have about 60 banker boxes of withdrawn or donated books taking up archival and office space and outlined options for disposing of them within town procurement rules.
"We have probably 60 boxes and bankers boxes of books... The priority is to get them out of that space," Library Director Laura Christians said, summarizing staff concern about storage and fire-code exposure from boxed collections.
Christians described three disposal options…
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