Nechama Kutner wrote: >We just received a donation of a 1993, 15th edition Encyclopedia >Britannica Macropaedia Volumes 13-29 and Yearbook volumes 1993-2007, >and a Propedia volume. The set is black leather with gold tooling >on the binding and page edging. > The E.B.15th comes in 3 parts. The Macropaedia is cool but it's not a quick reference like the Micropaedia is. I suppose you could live without the Micropaedia, but I'm curious to know what happened to it. Sounds like someone in the family made off with the 12-volume Micropaedia when nobody was paying attention.
>They have asked for a donation letter in order to take a tax >deduction on this as well as other volumes donated.... What does your library Mission Statement say about donations in general? and donation letters in particular? Personally I would ask the donors to have the set (actually 2/3rds-set) looked at by a second-hand book dealer to get an idea of it's value, (if indeed it has any value at all without the Micropaedia!). Except for the utility-value of the book(s) in your collection, I don't think it is really your job to appraise the economic value of donated books which often have more sentimental value for the donor than for the donee. I hope everyone had a lovely Tu b'Shvat. Ours was a total hoot. Very much fun had by all. If anyone would like a copy of our little spanish-language Tu b'Shvat Hagadá, just say the word, drop me a line with your address and I'll send you a copy licketty-splicketty Besos de Valencia Alba Toscano Sinagoga "La Javura" calle Uruguay 59, pta 13 46007 Valencia (Spain) http://lajavura.org SKYPE: albatoscanovalencia UStream: http://www.lajavura.org/ustream.html --- 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: hasaf...@osu.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
