The University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Humanities has sent the first batches of books off to the incinerator, as part of its plan to merge four department libraries into a 'knowledge centre' in 2013, where there is not enough shelf space.
In the meantime, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Technology and Science Marianne Jelved is not amused.
»It sounds very dramatic, and I think the University should consider saying to society and other educational institutions, that they are welcome to come and get the books for free. This is a better idea than burning them,« she says.
Minister of Science Charlotte Sahl-Madsen will not force the University of Copenhagen to change its decision. But she hopes that the decision is well-considered, she says:
»These are books that have been bought for taxpayers' money, and they are probably relevant and good books. Surely others could find a use for them, when the University of Copenhagen does not believe that it can.«
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I was really sad to hear such a story and worried about the prospect of world history after some times.If the university doesn't have the space to shelf these massive books, better it gives to universities in Africa and other poor continents.They may re claim if they need them back one day lol .even i am pretty happy if they give me some tones of same
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