Hundreds of New College of Florida library books were tossed in a dumpster and sent to a landfill this afternoon. The college also emptied the school’s Gender and Diversity Center sending hundreds of LGBTQ-centered books to a landfill as well. Via the Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library on the campus of New College overflowed with books and collections from the now-defunct Gender and Diversity Center on Tuesday afternoon.
Video captured in the afternoon showed a vehicle driving away with the books before students were notified. In the past, students were given an opportunity to purchase books that were leaving the college’s library collection.
Some discarded books included “Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate”, “The War of the Worlds” and “When I Knew,” which is a collection of stories from LGBTQ+ people recounting when they knew they were gay.
A spokesman for the college said the school was merely doing “routine maintenance of its campus library” and removing materials from the GDC because the gender studies program no longer exists. Most students aren’t on campus yet and thus couldn’t claim the books. But – the books couldn’t have been donated somewhere…?
DEVELOPING: New College of Florida dumped hundreds of library books this afternoon.
The school also emptied the college’s Gender and Diversity Center, tossing hundreds of their books. Working to file a story now. pic.twitter.com/073dU3A6mp — Steven Walker (@swalker_7) August 15, 2024
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