Supervisor Linda Smyth with two of the library books she found in a dumpster. People who came to a forum on libraries convened by Providence Supervisor Linda Smyth Oct. 10 raised serious concerns—about Fairfax County Public Libraries’ policy for trashing many thousands of books, cuts to the library budget, attempts to downgrade professional librarians, and much more.Smyth held up two large reference books she rescued from a dumpster—an atlas of Western art and a classic text on gardening—that were in good condition. She also brought to the meeting 30 perfectly usable books she found in a dumpster at the FCPL Technical Operation Center that she said would fetch a total of 6 cents from a recycling company.“That’s an enormous waste,” Smyth said. . . .
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