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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4524320, member: 93416"]Yes. The main problem about this is next to nobody checks out most books any more, and even taking them off the shelves for reference seems to be getting unusual. Its very rare I go to a shelf and the book I want is not there. Nice for me, but on that logic - libraries probably will not last much longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got familiar with Islamic coins back in the 1970’s from the complete set of 11 BM volumes in my local reference library. Many years later I came across a guy who seemed to own said volumes himself. Got them very cheap. So I went to the library and they were indeed gone. I asked to see the Chief Librarian, and he led me to a dark corner and said they ‘de-accessioned them because no one was checking them out’. Above his head I could see Raverity’s victorian translation of medieval Afghan verse, still on the shelf and looking kind of dusty, and so I pointed to it. He conceded my criticism, and then admitted he predecessor in the job was picking stuff to sell off that people were likely to pay for. Which logically one would assume were the ones people might actually want to see in the library………</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>PS Whitting was an engaging speaker, but was on a bit of a mission to get people to collect photographs of coins. That went down like a lead balloon at my society as I recall[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4524320, member: 93416"]Yes. The main problem about this is next to nobody checks out most books any more, and even taking them off the shelves for reference seems to be getting unusual. Its very rare I go to a shelf and the book I want is not there. Nice for me, but on that logic - libraries probably will not last much longer. I got familiar with Islamic coins back in the 1970’s from the complete set of 11 BM volumes in my local reference library. Many years later I came across a guy who seemed to own said volumes himself. Got them very cheap. So I went to the library and they were indeed gone. I asked to see the Chief Librarian, and he led me to a dark corner and said they ‘de-accessioned them because no one was checking them out’. Above his head I could see Raverity’s victorian translation of medieval Afghan verse, still on the shelf and looking kind of dusty, and so I pointed to it. He conceded my criticism, and then admitted he predecessor in the job was picking stuff to sell off that people were likely to pay for. Which logically one would assume were the ones people might actually want to see in the library……… Rob T PS Whitting was an engaging speaker, but was on a bit of a mission to get people to collect photographs of coins. That went down like a lead balloon at my society as I recall[/QUOTE]
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