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Originally Posted by Tarana
All the larger libraries are like this and it really annoyed me that the first 3 people I spoke with simply made up something like the response you received. I finally contacted the acquisitions librarian and she explained that for larger libraries, taking in some random book from the public is not as easy as it seems due to all sorts of rules and regulations and requirements. Heck, I even brought in a magazine to replace one that was damaged and they couldn't take it. Instead, I did as she suggested and donated reference material to both a high school library and a rural library after speaking with the person in charge of acquisitions. The problem was that someone LIED to you by just making up a response rather than just say "I don't know, let me find out."
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I don't think the front desk people are lying, just making assumptions. Public libraries are all about budgets and grants which is understandable as this keeps them getting regular paychecks.
There is, in one library I know of, the perception that the more donations they actually acquisition, the more their budget will be reduced. Could be true. I don't know.
Helen