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>I see no reason not to spend endowment money on a resource highly desired >by many of our community. Waiting for a change in policy which C-H is >unlikely to make would be irresponsible when I do have the resources. I >do believe the privileged libraries which have these resources should help >scholars at less privileged institutions - as I do. Dear Tom, You are absolutely right, and I -- as a scholar who is particularly indebted to your generosity and helpfulness -- was absolutely wrong to make my insulting joke about firing librarians who order the PLD from C-H. Apologies to you, and to the whole list, that I tried to be funny at the risk of being offensive. Yours, Otfried ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Otfried Lieberknecht, Schoeneberger Str. 11, D-12163 Berlin phone & fax: ++49 30 8516675, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Homepage for Dante Studies: http://members.aol.com/lieberk/welcome.html Listowner of Italian-Studies: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies/ Listowner of Medieval-Religion: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%