New College moves to fire top librarian over book disposals

Days after a public outcry over images of thousands of discarded books in a dumpster, New College has moved to fire the dean of the college’s library.

In a letter dated Aug. 16, the university’s general counsel sent Shannon Hausinger a letter saying a preliminary decision to fire her was made after they deemed her responsible for the improper disposal of 13,000 books.

The letter claimed Hausinger “deleted or failed to maintain notes relating to the reasons or justification that each book was selected for disposal.” The letter said that Hausinger sent a link to the library’s weeding policy to General Counsel for review on Aug. 14, but that the dumpster had arrived on campus on Aug. 13.

Hausinger was given 10 days to reply to the letter before a final decision would be made. New College did not immediately confirm if a decision had been made as of Tuesday.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2024/08/27/new-college-moves-fire-top-librarian-over-book-disposals/

Both Ron DeSantis and Chris Rufo (appointed by DeSantis to the New College Board of Trustees) celebrated the book trashing when it was exposed by the local Sarasota paper. Looks like they're in damage control mode now; seems that people in Florida may be getting sick of their gleeful arrogance.