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National Library signs 'historic' agreement to donate 600,000 books to online archive


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National Librarian Rachel Esson says the agreement is a great outcome, and means the books will not be destroyed.
About 50,000 books in the Overseas Published Collection have already been culled to free up space for New Zealand material in the library’s burgeoning storage facilities. Those books were given to libraries and other institutions, including a Lions Club, which sold many at a book fair. Excess books from the fair were passed on to booksellers, Esson said.
While libraries have requested a further 10,000 books slated for de-listing, the rest would be physically shipped to America for long-term storage, via a digitisation facility in the Philippines. ....

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