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<p class="MsoNormal">For academic libraries, do you still have a Reference collection? We are starting to weed our collection and are curious about other academics’ thoughts about reference books—especially since libraries, and how people use libraries, are
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<p class="MsoNormal"> We are a small business library. We did a major renovation of our space and a lot of our books (Reference and others) ended up in storage. We also lost a lot of room for shelves, so we definitely must weed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In your opinion, are reference books still relevant?<o:p></o:p></p>
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