My husband and I are doing a massive spring cleanup, including getting rid of all our old books. We have decided that instead of dropping them off at charity shops, we'd donate them to our local library because they're in great condition. My hubby is a big geek, so the library is now the proud owner of more than 200 mint-condition Star Trek and other sci-fi books.

Last year on Pamie, she blogged that the Oakland Public Library in California had lost much of its funding, and they needed donations. I donated, along with about five hundred other people. It was this that made me think that our local library would be glad to have our books. They most certainly were!

So if any of you are doing a spring cleanup, and getting rid of old good-condition books (remember, even textbooks are useful, because they'll put them in their reference sections), think of the library. Wouldn't you rather be responsible for helping the next generation learn to read (even Star Trek books!), instead of them becoming illiterate criminals like they seem to be doing?