California: Protest at Berkeley Public Library Over Weeding

From Berkeleyside:

A crowd of around 30 people gathered at the front of the Central Branch of the Berkeley Public Library today to protest new procedures for weeding books from the library’s collection. The protesters believe the process, ordered by Library Director Jeff Scott, is being carried out irresponsibly.
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In an effort to save books that are in danger of being weeded out, one of the rally leaders, Pat Mullan, who worked for BPL for 25 years, including as head librarian of the Art & Music Room, encouraged protesters and spectators to check out the maximum of 50 books from sections that have not yet been weeded  — including the 800s (literature), 900s (history) and musical records.
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Scott told Berkeleyside that he took the responsibility away from the majority of librarians in response to their complaints of not having enough time to perform all their duties.

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