[Foundation-l] Why we do this

[Jesse Plamondon-Willard]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:35 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> While there may be justifications for keeping them for a couple of
> years (useful source of cover work or for when a teacher wants to hang
> onto something not covered by the new curricula) in the end they have
> to be disposed of unless you want your schools to disappear under
> piles of such books.

Old books provide fascinating glimpses into past viewpoint and
versions of history. It's truly sad when every edition of a book
disappears; that's why Wikisource and other digitization initiatives
are such great projects. :)

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Yours cordially,
Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)