No Disposals

We oppose NZ National Library's mass disposals and call for—

Greater transparency from the National Library of NZ
to allow for informed evaluation and public accountability.

Ask New Zealanders what they think about the subject
(not only a handful of researchers or professionals belonging to their circle).

Enlarge the public debate!
What sort of cultural policy do NZers want?
What is the use of a national library in a country like New Zealand?
Is it reasonable to stop acquiring books from overseas?

Educational:
Ask the teachers what they think.

Digitisation:
what is the impact of digitisation on knowledge and human cognition --
what do we know about this actually, from a scientific point of view?

Historical and Inter-relational
Study other National Libraries of the world.
Apparently, New Zealand is the only one acting so brutally.
Other countries are buying books to complement digitisation
not to replace their collections.
What is their reasoning for this?

List of distribution points of
The Reader of Love for the Book
52 top NZ poets and writers
FREE thanks to Phantom Billstickers:

Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

Wellington2, Whangarei, Invercargill, Christchurch2l

Auckland2 Retail and General

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The Ultimate Reader of Love
for the Printed Book - online version

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LISTS
OF BOOKS THREATENED
and QR code
Posters

LISTS OF BOOKS LOST
Donation sample: one donation of many
THESE BOOKS HAVE LEFT NZNL
AND ARE NOW IN THE KEEPING OF
AUCKLAND ART GALLERY
dozens of such donations
have been made without consultation
with the NZ public.

 

=A FEW OF THE THREATENED WRITERS=
A separate link to some of the Writers
with Photograph, Commentary
===& lists of their "condemned" works===

 

LET'S KEEP AND GROW
THE COLLECTION
(poster)

A HISTORY OF
IRRESPONSIBILITY
1856-2022