They may not be rare now, but what will be their status in fifty years? It's always a balancing act for libraries comparing the needs of today versus the needs of tomorrow. My inclination would be to put these in Special Collections and to buy additional copies for the circulating shelves.
Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Klau Library Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
