CounterVariableDoes anyone in #kitchener #waterlooregion know where I can donate used textbooks? I have some from my engineering days that could be donated. #KitchenerWaterloo
Alice I. Cecile@counterVariable Local maker spaces? High schools? :)
Failing that, ask a librarian.
Darcy Casselman@alice_i_cecile @counterVariable Not makerspaces. I haven't been with Kwartzlab for over a decade, but when I was, getting people to not bring us their junk was a constant issue. Drop by on a Tuesday and ask, maybe, but expect a no. (Then get a tour and appreciate how cool it is).
@alice_i_cecile @counterVariable The problem is textbooks, unless they're stone cold classics, have negative value. Used bookstores won't take them. UW Used Booksstore used to have a free shelf you could drop them off, but UW Used Bookstore itself is now dead and gone. https://wusa.ca/more-details-behind-the-closure-of-wusa-used-books/
More Details Behind the Closure of WUSA Used Books
On Monday, August 28, WUSA announced that the winddown of WUSA Used Books over the fall term would end with the closure of the store by the end of the year. Since then, we’ve received questions from students about the rationale behind this decision and we want to provide a summary of the rationale
@alice_i_cecile @counterVariable If you do think they might be useful, you can scatter them around little libraries, or, in a pinch, Thrift on Kent will take anything, tho I'm betting they'll end up being pulped.