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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Throwing things away
Message-ID: <195@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 12:38:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 24 12:38:11 1984
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Reply-To: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
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I second the motion.  I usually dispose of magazines by giving them to the
library.  They often already subscribe to the ones I give them but welcome
them anyway to fill in gaps in the collection, have spares for ones that
disappear, or trade with other libraries for what they DO want.  

Technical journals are particularly valuable.  I worked for a technical 
library as an undergrad, and once had to find a 4 year old copy of
Phys. Rev. Lett., or some such.  A specialty house wanted something like
$35 for it -- and that was over six years ago.  If you dispose of 
technical journals by donation, be sure to get a receipt so you can deduct
their value.  Also be sure to tell the librarian about the possibility
of trading.  Once I gave 75 pounds of Physics journals to a public
library which was reluctant to take them until I mentioned the trading
part, then their eyes lit up!

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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900