Fred, It depends on how much room you have. I don't worry about paperback (as long as it's in good condition) vs hardcover. A few years ago I took several boxes of books from a Jewish library, mostly 70s & 80s, and there's no interest, except for some classics we didn't have. It's better to add new stuff than take up room with outdated books. If you have a particular interest in your congregation, then I'd take those (we have congregants who like to write their own haggadahs, so I keep every one that comes in), or if there are topic covered by your older religious school classes or youth group (though they tend to just use their phones these days). It's easier not to add them than to have to weed them, which is what I'm doing now for all those boxes of books I processed.
Good luck Emily Emily Bergman Librarian Temple Sinai Glendale, CA emilyanneberg...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 2:26 PM Fred Isaac via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Our Emeritus Rabbi and his wife (Samuel and Judith Broude) passed away > this past winter. We've acquired their library -- about 55 boxes (neatly > packed). I'm now creating a basic inventory for distribution to local > libraries and dealers. I don't think we'll keep very many items ourselves. > There are no papers here. The family is still reviewing them. > > Question: should I include all of the paperbacks as well as the > hard-covers? We don't have many in our collection. And I'm not sure they > have much reading value if they're from the 1970s and '80s. > > Thoughts? What have you done in this situation? Thanks. > > Fred Isaac > Temple Sinai > Oakland, CA > __ > 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...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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