Last panel: I'm guessing that the title of the book is "How to set your VCR"

SUCK IT, KAREN!!!

The patron is being a jerk here (obviously the artist's intent), but I can still sympathize with them.
If the book's damaged beyond all usefulness, but still intact enough to recognizable as a book, it may be repairable and could at least be recycled.
Otherwise someone somewhere probably does want it, and there are multiple services that will work with libraries to handle the logistics (ThriftBooks, for example).
Against all odds, "book burning" has been making a comeback, so it's a really, really bad look for any public institution to be summarily disposing of books, even if they're just doing what they've always done.

fair call.. YOU PIAD FOR IT .
with your taxes

reginaldludwig said:
The patron is being a jerk here (obviously the artist's intent), but I can still sympathize with them.
If the book's damaged beyond all usefulness, but still intact enough to recognizable as a book, it may be repairable and could at least be recycled.
Otherwise someone somewhere probably does want it, and there are multiple services that will work with libraries to handle the logistics (ThriftBooks, for example).
Against all odds, "book burning" has been making a comeback, so it's a really, really bad look for any public institution to be summarily disposing of books, even if they're just doing what they've always done.

if you follow teh comic. marble deals with this daily.. like many other people.. and the 'jerks' think its ok cuase it happens to them to
you also forgot "digital Uploading", as were losing Paper backs of old Infomation Constantly simply from neglect.
there were some sweet Trades in teh old fays you didnt need swanky stuff to do as you need today

snowie said:
if you follow teh comic. marble deals with this daily.. like many other people.. and the 'jerks' think its ok cuase it happens to them to
you also forgot "digital Uploading", as were losing Paper backs of old Infomation Constantly simply from neglect.
there were some sweet Trades in teh old fays you didnt need swanky stuff to do as you need today

I'm not forgetting anything. The point of destroying a book isn't to destroy the knowledge, it's to restrict access to it. Less copies means less people can read it. Publishers are cracking down on digital lending libraries, so physical library books are still very important.
I've seen the other pages and honestly, the librarian in this comic kinda sucks. In this case, she has reason to be annoyed, but if she was really serious about being a librarian she'd also be thrilled that someone is not only at the library to read books (already too rare these days) but is also this passionate about books and being able to read them.
There are a few librarians like that out there - I had the honor of meeting one of the librarians involved in Doe v. Gonzales, for example - but unfortunately most of the librarians I've encountered are like the one in this comic, or even worse.

reginaldludwig said:
The patron is being a jerk here (obviously the artist's intent), but I can still sympathize with them.
If the book's damaged beyond all usefulness, but still intact enough to recognizable as a book, it may be repairable and could at least be recycled.
Otherwise someone somewhere probably does want it, and there are multiple services that will work with libraries to handle the logistics (ThriftBooks, for example).
Against all odds, "book burning" has been making a comeback, so it's a really, really bad look for any public institution to be summarily disposing of books, even if they're just doing what they've always done.

I believe this book was from an earlier page. One where the book in question was falling apart from wear and tear. And has been put back together numerous times already.

dragonus85 said:
I believe this book was from an earlier page. One where the book in question was falling apart from wear and tear. And has been put back together numerous times already.

This page? Possibly. A book of old, old, classical classics with the pages falling out would actually be a really good candidate for digitization; the copyrights would be expired and there may not be many other paper copies left. Again, there are services that will collect books for that purpose.

Books in this state are usually marked in the system to be replaced with a new copy. Items that fail to circulate for an extended period of time will be removed (weeded) from the system to make room in the collection for new material.
Weeded items are then held to be sold at library book sales if not in a state that is unusable. These books can also be placed in "Little Libraries" around the city for the public to take.

Ok Karen, take it then.

signero said:

Books in this state are usually marked in the system to be replaced with a new copy. Items that fail to circulate for an extended period of time will be removed (weeded) from the system to make room in the collection for new material.
Weeded items are then held to be sold at library book sales if not in a state that is unusable. These books can also be placed in "Little Libraries" around the city for the public to take.

Some libraries will also donate weeded books to schools, elderly homes, public gathering places (Like a hobby store you can sit and relax with others and just read, speak and such).
Many run down books tend to be sent for disposal, which often goes to recycling. But it all depends really on the country and their regulations for conservation of books.
Here we tend to try and recycle old books, to reuse the paper, cloth and the case (Which can be wood, leather or other materials which can be recycled). But sometimes there is nothing else to do, than to burn them sadly.

reginaldludwig said:
The patron is being a jerk here (obviously the artist's intent), but I can still sympathize with them.
If the book's damaged beyond all usefulness, but still intact enough to recognizable as a book, it may be repairable and could at least be recycled.
Otherwise someone somewhere probably does want it, and there are multiple services that will work with libraries to handle the logistics (ThriftBooks, for example).
Against all odds, "book burning" has been making a comeback, so it's a really, really bad look for any public institution to be summarily disposing of books, even if they're just doing what they've always done.

Most libraries do try to repair books if the damage looks repairable, and some people can do jobs that practically put a dissembled book back together again, but sometimes the damage is impossible to fix fit enough for circulating again. Talking torn covers, full missing sections, and questionably sticky substances. States that NOBODY would want them or could use them, maybe not even want to touch them. All you can do is get rid of it and get a replacement, maybe.
It's less bookburning to destroy knowledge, and more discarding because people can't be responsible with other people's stuff, especially when it's a free public service, and ends up ruining something for everyone else.