I heard they actually would prefer $$$. I mean, 100 librarians send 100 old books in varying condition. The result is not a "library" but 10,000 volumes in a jumble.
And who is going to organize them into a library? And who is going to pay for it? Honestly, I do not know if this is an urban legend, but I suspect some good-hearted soul planted this on the Internet with only the best of intentions. Unfortunately such people often do not think through the implications. My two agorot. Phil Miller Ha-Safran (The Librarian) 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
