Sorry, failed to add pertinent details: the work is from 1892, published
in Krakow. Thanks, JN
Jasmin Nof wrote:
Hi all,
I have in hand a 14-p. work (Yisrael ve'Oraita be-sifre Shadal) that
raises the question of rarity. From the preliminary research (OCLC,
RLIN) I've done, I see that LC and Harvard each have copies. But
other than number of copies available, what other criteria should
determine a book's rarity? The question is raised here by colleagues
trying to determine whether public access should be the determining
factor (digitize and/or put on shelf), or artifact value should be the
determining factor (put in special/rare collections that can only be
accessed by request, no loans).
Comments welcome. Thanks, Jasmin
