I’m a regular and extremely grateful patron of the Marin Free Library’s branches in Bolinas, Stinson Beach and Point Reyes. The staffs of all three are stellar, and I feel lucky to live in a community with such a vibrant library system and such committed local librarians. Yet I’d like to register my disappointment over a policy implemented by library director Sara Jones concerning the removal of so-called “dead stock.”

According to a Feb. 6…