Overview

• NUS has apologised for not offering excess Yale-NUS library books to students before sending them for recycling, calling it an 'operational lapse.'
• Approximately 500 books were confirmed to have been destroyed before NUS intervened to stop further recycling of the remaining 8,500 volumes.
• The university is organising campus book giveaways to distribute the remaining books to students and the wider community.
• NUS has committed to reviewing and reforming its book disposal policies to ensure better communication and outreach in the future.
• The incident has drawn criticism from alumni and students, who mobilised to salvage books and highlighted concerns about sustainability and academic resource stewardship.