A tomb for tomes: Warehouse holds 24,511 library books awaiting dumpster

11:11 PM, Nov. 12, 2013
A library employee sorts through books to be discarded at the the Lafayette Public Library warehouse in Lafayette. An ordinance must be passed by the Lafayette City-Parish Council before any of the books are discarded.
A library employee sorts through books to be discarded at the the Lafayette Public Library warehouse in Lafayette. An ordinance must be passed by the Lafayette City-Parish Council before any of the books are discarded.
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Public library books are sent to the dumpster when they violate what some Lafayette librarians jokingly call the "three booger rule."

The term refers to books too soiled, stinky or damaged to be saved. The Lafayette Public Library will need to junk 24,511 such books this year.

Library administrator Teresa Elberson used a battered copy of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" to explain. ...

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