LoT freecycle

[Capt Jack]

do local libraries take those sort of donations?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

do local libraries take those sort of donations?

I can't speak for all, of course, but when I worked local libraries magazine donations generally went straight to

a) the Friends of the Library for the few titles they thought they could sell
b) the prison readership programs
c) the trash

Public libraries rarely maintain lengthy historical records of magazines in print format. They take up too much room, get used too rarely, and there are plenty of digital means of accessing what is inside of them.

At the main PL I worked at years ago all magazines were discarded after 18 months when it was a sure thing they were available in the index systems. The only exceptions were locally published niche magazines and Playboy (which we kept for eight years).