I work as a historian for The Engineers Club of Dayton and we
have a library that will be renovated in a few months. The
architects planning the renovation want most of the books removed
and disposed of...let me get to the problem here folks, the
books that we have are outdated books dealing with various aspects
of engineering and I have to decided which books we keep and which
books we throw away or give away, etc. The main problem is that all
of the books were donated to the library by various club members
from 1918-present and we do not have any kind of log book that
notes who gave what book to the club.

I have less than 90 days to go through hundreds of books and see
what books we keep and so on. Does anyone know of any kind of
book guide for engineering books that lists how rare and valuable
books are? Should I bring in some consultants on what to do?
To be honest with you, I have been with this club for a few months
and someone told me that various club members have "taken" most
of the rare and valuable books over the years so basically you
can see the situation that I am in. Please e-mail me off the list
because I don't check my mail regularly on this account...pleascontact me
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Thanks,

Tony Wright
Club Historian
Engineers Club Of Dayton