Do you have now unwanted, useful, possibly expensive (in their day), specialist, library, precious things, but feel guilty about throwing them away (especially if they were bought with public money!)?
Do you want useful, possibly expensive (in their day), specialist, library, precious things, but cannot find them for love nor money, no matter where you hunt?
What about making this easier?
'LibraryUK' is a Freecycle Group (Yahoo) created as a dedicated forum for WANTED and OFFERED items as described above given and accepted strictly for free. It has a well-established etiquette to ensure the ethos of good-natured giving and receiving and is moderated.
You may already have done this informally, or by advertising such items on LIS-LINK itself. I have benefited immensely from such posts, and also managed to find homes for our own unwanted precious things; maybe you have too.
As yet, this particular Freecycle group has not been used, so ... who will get there first? The url is https://groups.freecycle.org/group/LibraryUK/posts/all . Joining is via registering for a Yahoo email address.
Happy re-homing.
Keith Lang
Freecycle enthusiast of 17 years & Librarian
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