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Work is depressing. I've been asked to come up with a plan for reducing the library square footage by half, together with an impact statement about what we lose if we follow through. This place is my baby, and I look around and try to identify 1/2 of the collection (at least in linear shelf space terms) to throw away. Would you throw away half your family? Would your choices change if you knew you were going to be second-guessed by Uber-Boss, but Uber hasn't responded to your memo requesting input?

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Maybe you should just offer to cut every book in half. The idea would probably be lost on management though.

Nah, what you want to do is rip out every other page. That way you can optimize for shelf-space. If you cut them in half, you need the same linear shelf-feet of space.