The Chancellor states that there are no more books (and therefore no libraries). While the state may have eliminated subjects as religion and philosophy, there would certainly still have to be books on subjects as mathematics, history, law, and the sciences, as well as libraries to keep them in.
During Wordsworth's hearing, the Chancellor states that the period of observation for a charge of obsolescence is a "mandatory" one year and eleven months. However, the Chancellor is convicted of the same charge immediately after escaping from Wordsworth's room.