From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 10 20:21:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from inconnu.isu.edu (inconnu.isu.edu [134.50.8.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B5037B405; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:21:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (galt@localhost) by inconnu.isu.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f8B3LK718913; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:21:20 -0600 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:21:20 -0600 (MDT) From: John Galt To: Robert Clark Cc: Don Wilde , David Kelly , Bzdik BSD , , Subject: Re: Books on FreeBSD and local libraries In-Reply-To: <20010910101010.B66603@darkstar.gte.net> Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: galt@inconnu.isu.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Not at a Carnegie library: they have to accept all donated books in good condition or lose funding. On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Robert Clark wrote: > >There are often people who are paid to buy books. > >I would imagine that they might resent outsiders >determining what is in the library's collection. > >[RC] > > >On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 08:35:59AM -0600, Don Wilde wrote: >> 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 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -- void hamlet() {#define question=((bb)||(!bb))} Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu. that's who! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message