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Ask for help > Save the Books!
Save the Books!
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Pinky!
I sure hope someone helps and use them... |
23 Jun 2012
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anitarobi
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Hard to imagine there are still places in the world where schools don �t have books and on the other side of the world this happens... Horrible! When I felt I could no longer store my books anywhere, I found a library that needed a donation and gave the books to them. I also gave a lot of my university books to younger students who needed them. It was nowhere close to the number of books in this article, but I bet this problem can be resolved with a little help of kind people. It �s so sad to read about it. |
23 Jun 2012
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Jayho
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That�s a lot of books - she should just have a �free-for-all� - just let people take what they want - no doubt there are some rare, valuable and useful books in the collection which would be a shame to burn. In fact, I wish I could have a rummage through them.
In reality, these days many books are disposed of regularly, especially those that are simply dated or out of date - our own libraries do it all the time - if people don�t want them they are destroyed. This is becoming increasingly common now that e-books are becoming the norm. My institution�s library has a sizeable e-book collection and the printed collection gets thinner by the day.
Hopefully at least some of these 225,000 books will find a good home instread of a bonfire.
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23 Jun 2012
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ueslteacher
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Our library at school gives old shaggy books away for recycling and I guess they make toilet paper from them. If you are wondering it�s not white (I mean this very kind made of recycled newspapers and books) and sometimes if you look closely you can even see some letters here and there:) Sophia
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24 Jun 2012
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yanogator
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Very interesting, Sophia. I �m wondering about the brand name "Obukhiv" (using the English transliteration of the Cyrillic letters). Does it have any meaning in your language? I can easily understand "papir tualetniy". Thanks,Bruce |
24 Jun 2012
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ueslteacher
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Just a city in Kyiv region where the TP is manufactured:) Sophia |
24 Jun 2012
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