A Taste of Things to Come?

Here's a rather worrying thing: Daughter #3 has an accumulation of unwanted books, accrued over the past couple of years of voracious book-reading. They've been to the friends that want to borrow them and, duly returned, are cluttering her bookshelves and bedroom floor. She's largely outgrown that particular genre (magic, mystery, alternative worlds, para-history) and thus is unlikely to read them again. What to do with them? The first thought was to give them to charity, but then I had the idea that the library could probably use them. In the past I've had books that have come up on renewal as 'donations' and I noticed the other day that the library shelves - especially in the childrens' section was a bit sparse. And what better way to recirculate old books? Lots of people could benefit if they were in the system. So I bagged them up and took them to the local branch where I was told that they 'no longer accept donations' as the process of registering them was too difficult. What? Ease of process takes precedence over the acquisition of books? In a library of all things? They'd rather turn down 20 free books (all fairly hefty tomes, in good condition, costing on average £6.99 each new = around £140) than put up with a little inconvenience??!! The world's gone mad! The cart is being put before the horse, surely. I am alarmed for the future and not a little despondent.
The Heart Foundation, however, seemed a little more grateful: they accepted the books with alacrity and a smile. I hope they make a few quid from them.