Patricia, The bottom line question is this: do you want your books to be used? Or do you want them in some locked up collection, protected from all but the most persistent user? Are you a library or a museum?
Unless there is some intrinsic value to that signed items ( and from what you wrote, that does not seem to be the case) then the books should be on the shelf so that anyone can circulate them. Wiesel wrote his books so that people can read them, not so they can be hidden away/ Ted 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
