This is scary stuff almost on the same level as book-burning – ok so not really that bad but something feels wrong about this. Via the Swedish blog Biblioteksrelaterat I arrived at an article in the Washington Post Hello, Grisham — So Long, Hemingway? The article was about a library in Fairfax which was absolutely ruthless in getting rid of books which were not being read. Books that had not been checked out in 24 months are now removed from the library.
Naturally the library cannot save all books but 24 months? This is the shelf-life of knowledge and literature? The books in my home are not re-read every 24 months but this does not mean that they need to be replaced by the flavor of the day.