I knew that budget cuts hit the University of California system hard, but I never expected this:
Driven by dramatic budget cuts that will shutter four campus libraries, staffers at UC San Diego are removing roughly 150,000 books and journals from their collections by summer's end - selling volumes to the highest bidder or donating them. ("UCSD library cuts mean 150,000 books must go", by Erica Perez, California Watch, 26 August 2011)It's bad enough when university libraries are no longer able to afford print subscriptions to scholarly journals, when they have to cancel subscriptions to journals they currently receive, and when they have to buy fewer books. It's awful when they have to close buildings and sell or donate their books, but that's what's happening at UCSD. They're getting rid of books and journals that aren't used very often as long as they can get them electronically.
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