An organization called Advocates for Justice is suing the New York Public Library to stop renovations at the famous building at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. This organization accuses the library of violating its charter and the state’s Constitution by dismantling seven floors of stacks and removing books from the site.
In my opinion NYPL is doing the right thing by moving into the future and not staying in the past. Libraries are no longer a depository for printed resources. When I worked at the Science and Technology Division from 1983-1990 I observed layers of dust on miles and miles of stacks implying that much material had not been used in decades.
NYPL is certainly not discarding any volumes as they will be moved to a remote storage facility and may be accessed by interested researchers. This renovation plan will be a benefit for all library users and in the long run will also help NYPL save money.
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