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Libaries as storage facilities

I propose a re-purposing of libraries as storage facilities for books and media that people no longer want.   People can donate their books to the library with a confidence that the library will place those books on their shelves and make them available to the public for checkout.   This would add value to the books you donate.  I guess this concept may not be new but the library in town is always selling books.     I'm not sure how common this is but they are often selling books and I don't understand such things.  I think the problem is that they run out of space.   However my library has a lots of space and they are   Books get old but books have always gotten old and in the old days books got incredibly old but the library didn't get rid of them.  They would rebind them.   Nowdays they can even put them online.  What if by donating your book to the library the library could then add that to a it's online virtual library. I think there is now a system in place w