Stirling Council officers have acknowledged there may be “public concern” at the proposed sale - but said safeguards would protect anything of local or particular significance and it was a process for managing redundant stock.
Thousands of languishing library books could be auctioned off by Stirling Council to free up space and raise funds to plough back into the service.
Proceeds from the sale, minus commission and costs, would be committed to the library transformation fund reserve and there would be no charge by the auction house for review, removal and sale of books, with their commission likely to be around 15-per cent on the sale of any items. The report said initial investigations indicated some titles in the collection might have resale value and a small number of much older books merited closer examination.
The report added: “The auctioneer provided a report following their visit and gave an initial estimate of value of £25,000 to £35,000 for sale of all the books concerned, before commission.
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