From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Sep 10 7:39:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from nwlynx.network-lynx.net (nwlynx.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3443D37B401; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:39:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from silver-lynx.com (fly.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.98]) by nwlynx.network-lynx.net (8.11.1/8.9.3/Who.Cares) with ESMTP id f8AEd0s42253; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:39:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from don@silver-lynx.com) Message-ID: <3B9CCFCF.A1C5E743@silver-lynx.com> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:35:59 -0600 From: Don Wilde Organization: Silver Lynx X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Kelly Cc: Bzdik BSD , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Books on FreeBSD and local libraries References: <20010910040911.33587.qmail@web13607.mail.yahoo.com> <20010910093153.A90211@grumpy.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Kelly wrote: > > I think the best way to "bug" a library to offer a book for lending is > to purchase one or more and deliver them along with the request. > That certainly helps, but I have a caution there: The public libraries in my area claim that they get far too many books donated, and all too often they'll just dump good books (even new ones!) in the book sale bin for quick cash rather than adding them to the collection. You have to specify explicitly that you do not want that to happen. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message