I can prove a bit of slight history manipulation. I noticed in my 1970 edition of Britannica that the article on Niall of the Nine Hostages was pretty long. At the local library, they had the newer Britannica that was divided into Macropedia and Micropedia. The main article on Niall of the Nine Hostages was only half as long. They had left out half of his history, perhaps to save room. Newer encyclopedias would leave out stuff to keep the same number of volumes. When Britannica started in the 1700s, it was a few volumes and increased the number of volumes over the years. I have downloaded many of the older sets so I can compare them. There is no telling how much history is actually just missing to save room. That's why I have multiple complete sets of old encyclopedias and history books. They will probably be all thrown in the trash when I'm gone.
BTW, I won my Britannica set from the local radio station in 1971. My father had to go to the train station to pick it up, as it was shipped by REA (Railway Express Agency). We didn't have FedEx or UPS back then. The good old days.
In my former town, I talked with people about the books they kept and the ones they discarded. They said they were not a reference library. They had to loan out books and hope enough people had to pay fines to fund the library past the government funding. So I would never give them a single book. Also, years ago, someone offered to give them a computer loaded with genealogy information that they would maintain, and the library refused. They said they didn't want to be responsible for it. Now they have computers they had to buy.
If I win the lottery, I will create my own library that will never discard a single book. Since I will fund it, it won't matter whether it makes money.
I don't know what my current local library has, as I haven't been inside in years. I have my own library. A home library is defined as a collection of more than 1,000 books, which I definitely have. I probably have over 100,000 books on my computer. There used to be someone named Psycho on Usenet newsgroups who uploaded 100 to 200 books every single day. I downloaded all of them. He finally got arrested. There are so many books, I haven't even sorted them all yet.
I can prove a bit of slight history manipulation. I noticed in my 1970 edition of Britannica that the article on Niall of the Nine Hostages was pretty long. At the local library, they had the newer Britannica that was divided into Macropedia and Micropedia. The main article on Niall of the Nine Hostages was only half as long. They had left out half of his history, perhaps to save room. Newer encyclopedias would leave out stuff to keep the same number of volumes. When Britannica started in the 1700s, it was a few volumes and increased the number of volumes over the years. I have downloaded many of the older sets so I can compare them. There is no telling how much history is actually just missing to save room. That's why I have multiple complete sets of old encyclopedias and history books. They will probably be all thrown in the trash when I'm gone.
BTW, I won my Britannica set from the local radio station in 1971. My father had to go to the train station to pick it up, as it was shipped by REA (Railway Express Agency). We didn't have FedEx or UPS back then. The good old days.
I’m sure some anon here would take them.
Just don’t donate them to a library. I’ve watched those people actively destroying our history.
In my former town, I talked with people about the books they kept and the ones they discarded. They said they were not a reference library. They had to loan out books and hope enough people had to pay fines to fund the library past the government funding. So I would never give them a single book. Also, years ago, someone offered to give them a computer loaded with genealogy information that they would maintain, and the library refused. They said they didn't want to be responsible for it. Now they have computers they had to buy.
If I win the lottery, I will create my own library that will never discard a single book. Since I will fund it, it won't matter whether it makes money.
Our local librarians still wear masks, so…
They’re clearly retarded.
They also got rid of the entire Christian section, in a conservative town, to make room for blacktivist and lgbtp “literature”.
I don't know what my current local library has, as I haven't been inside in years. I have my own library. A home library is defined as a collection of more than 1,000 books, which I definitely have. I probably have over 100,000 books on my computer. There used to be someone named Psycho on Usenet newsgroups who uploaded 100 to 200 books every single day. I downloaded all of them. He finally got arrested. There are so many books, I haven't even sorted them all yet.