Libraries get rid of books all the time. There are so many new books coming in every day and only a finite amount of library space. The practice of freeing up library space is called weeding. When the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library was damaged by an earthquake 1989, the argument over which books need to be weeded, and how they were chosen for removal, reached fever pitch.This episode originally aired on May 14, 2019.<a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=28752" target="_blank">Weeding is Fundamental</a>This episode also features “The Pack Horse Librarians Of Eastern Kentucky” produced by the <a href="http://www.kitchensisters.org/keepers/" target="_blank">Kitchen Sisters</a> and mixed by Jim McKee. Subscribe the The Kitchen Sisters Present on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kitchen-sisters-present/id814067846" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://radiopublic.com/KitchenSisters" target="_blank">RadioPublic</a>.
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