Our library routinely sends discards to Better World Books - I know they take some foreign language texts (Spanish, French, Russian, German) with an ISBN. Their guidelines also include "Obscure Languages" - you may want to contact them to see if they would be interested. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://services.betterworldbooks.com/libraries/antiquarian-rare-and-collectable-arc-books/__;!!KGKeukY!lsGK0ajhsUzxcRAmkgDKf8M525gvv1SPeG2406dr2Hsht4Z4pX13-hkFS21aWS-Mkmo$ It can't hurt to ask! Ellen Drucker-Albert
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 4:16 PM Judy Petersen via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > My synagogue library is doing a major overhaul this summer and I'm > getting rid of all of our Hebrew books for adults and most of the > children's Hebrew books. We have very few Israelis in our communities, and > our Religious School students' level of Hebrew proficiency is not adequate > for most of the books we have, plus we have plenty of teaching materials at > their level. > Taking any and all suggestions on what to do with them, especially > the adult books. There's fiction, political science, history, cookbooks, > etc. though probably none of it was published after, say 2000-2010 and most > is older than that. Some are possibly classics, like a volume of poems by > Pushkin. My Hebrew is good enough for the titles, authors and a gist of > what the book is about, but not good enough to actually read them. > I'd prefer not to have to toss them unless absolutely necessary and > I'm hoping I can find them a good home, but I will bite the bullet and toss > them if I need to. I have 6 BIG boxes of them (probably 200-300 books > total) and we just can't store them any longer. I've already put in calls > to the major universities with Judaic studies programs in my area and their > Hillels, and the regional Jewish Historical Society but haven't heard back > yet. > Thanks much! Private replies welcome unless you think they'd be of > interest to the group. > > Judy Petersen > Library Director > Congregation Har Shalom > Fort Collins, CO > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!lsGK0ajhsUzxcRAmkgDKf8M525gvv1SPeG2406dr2Hsht4Z4pX13-hkFS21a2UmX14o$ > > Earlier Listserver: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!lsGK0ajhsUzxcRAmkgDKf8M525gvv1SPeG2406dr2Hsht4Z4pX13-hkFS21a3zx5dLE$ > > AJL HomePage > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!lsGK0ajhsUzxcRAmkgDKf8M525gvv1SPeG2406dr2Hsht4Z4pX13-hkFS21aP5DkdZQ$ > > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > -- Ellen Drucker-Albert *Co-Editor, Children’s and Teen Literature, AJL News and Reviews*
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