Offer of Surplus Materials by the University of Texas Libraries (Austin)

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merry Burlingham
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Subject: [texshare-users] Offer of Surplus Materials by the University of Texas Libraries (Austin)

To:  TexShare Members

From:  Merry Burlingham, Chief Bibliographer and Collections Officer, University of Texas Libraries

Subject:  Offer of Surplus Materials by the University of Texas Libraries (Austin)

The University of Texas Libraries is making available to TexShare institutions surplus and superceded materials accumulated since the review last fall.  We are using this TexShare distribution list to make it easier to route the information within your libraries.

These materials will be available for review and selection by your representative(s)

3-7 October and 10-14 October 2005 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm in the Collections Deposit Library (CDL), located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Red River St. in Austin.

These materials are offered at no cost; however, packing and transportation are the responsibility of the selecting institution.  We ask that selected materials be removed during the review period or no later than Friday, 21 October 2005.

To assist you in reviewing and/or selection, the material is shelved by general subject area.  Both surplus gifts and withdrawn titles are included; condition ranges from fair to good, depending on previous use.

Reference:  342 linear feet (including long runs of the Dictionary of Literary

Biography, 20th Century Literary Criticism, Contempory Authors)

Philosophy/Religion:  33 linear feet
Social Science:  144 linear feet
Science/Math/Technology:  756 linear feet (featuring items from ARCO)
Fine Arts:  210 linear feet
Literature:  105 linear feet
Youth:  27 linear feet
Literary Criticism/Linguistics:  42 linear feet
Geography/History:  105 linear feet
Biography:  21 linear feet
Foreign languages:  20 linear feet

Cookbooks:  70 linear feet

Serials:  141 linear feet (mostly science)

Also being offered are approx. 10,000  LP's

If your institution is interested in reviewing and selecting from these materials, please contact Jeff Newberry at (512)-495-4694 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] to schedule your visit.  Jeff is the on-site supervisor of CDL.

For other information or general questions, contact me at (512)-495-4329 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]