2009/3/4 Phil Nash pn007a2145@blueyonder.co.uk:
There should be a way of finding out about these things, and perhaps some sort of "give us your old books" drive would be worth trying.
Neither the WMF nor chapters are really in a position to store large numbers of books and for the most part current library services do the job well enough.
Getting access to existing collections and permission to make copies of them (county archives will generaly photocopy stuff for you but they won't let you point a camera at the stuff) is a more significant issue at this point.