Books wear out. The bindings fail and the covers fall off. The pages become brittle and dissolve into dust. On my shelves I have a dozen books purchased over forty years ago for my college classes. I am not sure they are going to make it into the next century.
Libraries are more than centers of information and entertainment.
They are centers of preservation. There is a Special Collections room on the top floor of the college library where a constant battle is going on against the Second Law of Thermodynamics to preserve our heritage of ideas and accomplishments. To be a Friend of the Library is to join in that battle. Lowell Draper BOOK SALE Between March 2nd and March 7th, several hundred used books were sold. The money went directly into the library's budget for book replacements.