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<blockquote data-quote="Primal" data-source="post: 5307262" data-attributes="member: 30678"><p>As a librarian I can answer this one. Libraries always reserve the right to decide what to do with material donated by patrons, i.e. they are not &quot;forced&quot; to include titles in their collections and they are usually pretty upfront about this so that misunderstandings can be avoided. Often libraries recycle or sell material that is in bad condition (wouldn't last long in circulation, missing pages, etc.) or they might already have several copies of the title. However, the most common reason is simply the lack of storaging (closed stacks) and shelf space; no library has enough space to expand their collections without weeding, and it's part of collection development work to estimate whether a donated book is &quot;good enough&quot; for the collection or not. A classic that is missing from the collection is most certainly included in it, but a fantasy book from a less-known author might not automatically be -- especially if the library already has shelving problems with fantasy titles.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Primal, post: 5307262, member: 30678"] As a librarian I can answer this one. Libraries always reserve the right to decide what to do with material donated by patrons, i.e. they are not "forced" to include titles in their collections and they are usually pretty upfront about this so that misunderstandings can be avoided. Often libraries recycle or sell material that is in bad condition (wouldn't last long in circulation, missing pages, etc.) or they might already have several copies of the title. However, the most common reason is simply the lack of storaging (closed stacks) and shelf space; no library has enough space to expand their collections without weeding, and it's part of collection development work to estimate whether a donated book is "good enough" for the collection or not. A classic that is missing from the collection is most certainly included in it, but a fantasy book from a less-known author might not automatically be -- especially if the library already has shelving problems with fantasy titles. [/QUOTE]

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