Ohio College Libraries Cull Collective Holdings to Save Space

The repositories that house overflow books from the libraries at Ohio's 13 public universities are culling their print reference collections because they are running out of space, the Columbus Dispatch reported. The five repositories are working together to donate or recycle all but two print copies of reference materials statewide -- one that can be checked out and another that can be kept permanently in one of the repository, the newspaper said. Officials hope the "de-duplication" process will clear out space for other overflow books, since the state does not have money to build new repositories.