RE: [ha-Safran]: Disposition of Discards, Unsolicited Donations

2011-10-19 Thread Deborah Stern
Hi Robin. This situation also occurs in larger academic libraries, like ours. We do have an ongoing book sale for our students and faculty with such materials. You might consider just keeping a table or cart of books available to the congregation, asking them for a small donation or telling them

Re: [ha-Safran]: Disposition of Discards, Unsolicited Donations

2011-10-19 Thread Liz Edelglass
We have a small group of shelves in our library available for selling used books. We sell all hardcovers for $1 and paperbacks for $.50 -- only rarely charge more if a book is especially valuable. Our goal is not to get rich off these sales nor to bring in market value of each book, but to