This is always a problem -- balancing the time it takes to give books away with wanting to do a nice deed, AND not throwing away books. Sometimes, one has to throw away books, (or recycle them) -- not everyone has the time to do the processing Rita mentions below.
For those who have the time, you might want to post to the Association of Jewish studies, as sometimes there are students doing research projects that require looking at old, out of date books: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For non-Jewish materials, go to http://www.surplusbooksforcharity.org/index.html , an organization that sends all kinds of books all over the world. ALA also has some suggestions on their website, www.ala.org / and, sometimes local homeless shelters are grateful for materials in good condition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tisrael.org Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
