NUS apologises for ‘operational lapse’ in disposal of Yale-NUS library books, promises review

Yale-NUS alumni told ST that the materials were being cleared by Green Orange Enviro, a recycling company. - ST READER, COURTESY OF MS LEE JIAYING

SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore (NUS) has apologised for not offering excess Yale-NUS College library books to students before they were sent for disposal, calling it an “operational lapse”.

In a statement on May 21, a day after photos and videos of employees from a recycling company loading bags of books onto a truck, Associate Professor Natalie Pang, a university librarian, said that the excess books were offered only to faculty members, and not students. The statement did not mention if any, or how many, of the books disposed on May 20 were saved.