10,000 Books Were Tossed at a London School. Librarians Say There Are Other Ways to Give Books a Second Life

10,000 books were tossed at a London school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life

More than 10,000 books were tossed from the shelves at H.B. Beal Secondary School's library last year. The Thames Valley District School Board said recycling the books was part of a standard review practice, but some librarians and archivists say there are better ways to give books a second life.

Education minister halts school library culling in midst of London high school controversy

Queen’s Park has shut down school library culls until it investigates why 10,000 books were tossed from the library of London’s H.B. Beal high school last year.

Trustees: We were unaware of mass removal of London school's library books

Trustee Christian Sachs said she was in the dark about the library revitalization project until after it happened.