Canada: U. of Saskatchewan Plans to Remove 1 Million Books From Library Stacks

From the The Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon):

More than one million books will be removed from the shelves of the University of Saskatchewan’s seven on-campus libraries, according to planning documents obtained by The Star-Phoenix.
Four of the seven library branches on campus will be emptied of books if the plan is executed as described in a document called University Library Transformation – Phase III, written by dean of libraries Vicki Williamson and associate dean Ken Ladd.
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Action is being taken in part because students are taking out 42 per cent fewer books than they were 10 years ago, according to the document.
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Some of the books removed will be kept in a “high-density storage” facility, the plan says, which has not yet been built.
Although students would not be permitted to access such a storage facility, Williamson said, they would be able to request the books and would be provided space in which to read them.

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