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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:21:20 -0600 (MDT)
From:      John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>
To:        Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>
Cc:        Don Wilde <don@silver-lynx.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, Bzdik BSD <bzdik@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Books on FreeBSD and local libraries
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109102120330.1029-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010910101010.B66603@darkstar.gte.net>

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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.
>> --
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>> Silver Lynx   Embedded Microsystems Architects
>> 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124
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>>
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