medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
George FERZOCO wrote:
>
> Cardiff City Council is well advanced in plans to sell many of its
> rare books, including a number of incunabula. For more information
> (and on how to protest), visit:
>
> http://lampeterlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/09/cardiff-book-sale.html
> or
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7593883.stm
> or
> http://archiv.twoday.net/topics/English+Corner/
>
> I have consulted the online version of the library's catalogue, but I
> am unable to see how many incubula they presently have, or what the
> titles are.
It's inevitable really - local authority libraries nowadays just don't have
the funding, staff or expertise to handle rare books. The campaign should be
to ensure that such items are *transferred* (not sold) to an appropriate
university or national library.
John Briggs
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