Several Peel District School Board students, parents and community members are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new book weeding process intended to ensure school library books are inclusive, but that appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books published in 2008 or earlier.
It they are digitized or have digitized version that students can just download for free then I don’t really mind they recycle them. Heck, even held a auction for old books about to be removed and let the book lovers get them cheap.(then recycle the rest.)
This is my big hate for online stores in general, but books especially. I find browsablility far superior to searchability. Being searchable obviously has its place, as do recommendation systems, but nothing beats just looking around and discovering what you didn’t even know existed.
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It they are digitized or have digitized version that students can just download for free then I don’t really mind they recycle them. Heck, even held a auction for old books about to be removed and let the book lovers get them cheap.(then recycle the rest.)
The digitized version won’t be sitting on a shelf catching the eye of curious students though. Discoverability suffers significantly.
not to mention digital books are more accessible to kids who don’t need them: kids who have easy access to lots of connected digital devices.
Absolutely!
This is my big hate for online stores in general, but books especially. I find browsablility far superior to searchability. Being searchable obviously has its place, as do recommendation systems, but nothing beats just looking around and discovering what you didn’t even know existed.