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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 2 Jan 2017

    Automated book-culling software drives librarians to create fake patrons to "check out" endangered titles http://boingboing.net/2017/01/02/automated-book-culling-softwar.html …pic.twitter.com/ViLCqxuTBW

    10:09 AM - 2 Jan 2017
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      2. Steven Lyons‏ @studiolyons 2 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Steven Lyons Retweeted Boing Boing

        Not so simple. The tension is around whether to treat libraries as archives or ‘bookstores’. Patrons want newest titles.https://twitter.com/BoingBoing/status/815983448447918080 …

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        Boing BoingVerified account @BoingBoing
        Automated book-culling software drives librarians to create fake patrons to "check out" endangered titles http://boingboing.net/2017/01/02/automated-book-culling-softwar.html … pic.twitter.com/ViLCqxuTBW
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      3. Jennifer McGaffey‏ @jjmcgaffey 2 Jan 2017
        Replying to @studiolyons

        .@studiolyons @BoingBoing Who says? I can find newest works anywhere. It's the odd, quirky books I'm delighted to find in libraries.

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      1. Ron Read‏ @RonRRead 2 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        As a reader, I find it deeply disturbing that "book-culling software" even exists.

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      1. Ravi Kanodia - Official Non-Gamer‏ @ravikanodia 2 Jan 2017
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        'Chuck Finley' is great pseudonym to use while throwing your shoes into the heart of a heartless machine

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      2. Trae Winter‏ @traewinter 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @ideaofhappiness

        Also I love that they named the fake patron "Chuck Finley", but I don't know how many will get the reference

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      3. Heidi‏ @ideaofhappiness 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @traewinter

        ... me: *googles "Chuck Finley"*

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      4. Trae Winter‏ @traewinter 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ideaofhappiness

        I didn't realize that Chunk Finley was a baseball player. I just have a man-crush on Bruce Campbell.

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      1. Benjamin Boyer‏ @BeansWater 2 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @austin_walker you could do what we do when our software tells us to weed a book you don't want to - you ignore it

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      1. Vicky Ludwig‏ @greentea166 2 Jan 2017
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        I applaud Chuck Finley and his creators too! We are tossing too much that can't be replaced.

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      1. Donald  🇺🇸{retired H2O alchemist}‏ @dey5401 2 Jan 2017
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        is the software programable for the type of library?

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      1. Crowsa Luxemburg‏ @quendergeer 2 Jan 2017
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        paging the spirit of borges

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      1.  🐀 🥀 fear dearg  🥀 🐀‏ @noodledealerpro 2 Jan 2017
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        @austin_walker Rainbow’s End

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      1. hardindr‏ @hardindr 2 Jan 2017
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        @austin_walker yup, this has been known about for at least two decades, as a librarian told me years ago

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      1. Jet Dillo‏ @jetdillo 2 Jan 2017
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        Nice PR2 photoshop job there...

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