The Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in
Carnegie, Pennsylvania had an active used book store
in their basement, when I served on their Board of
Trustees in the late 1990s. Due to moisture problems
in the basement, this book store closed, and they now
have periodic book sales.
> 1. Do any museums sell such books - whether donated
> for that purpose,
> or withdrawn/deaccessioned?
ANSWER - Yes to both questions.
>
> 2. If so, where or how are they sold? Are they
> available in the museum
> store? Or are they only available at special used
> book sales?
ANSWER - As I mentioned, they were available at a used
book store in the basement, in the late 1990s. Today,
they are sold at special book sales.
>
> 3. Is the sale of used books run by a Friends group
> or similar
> organization? Or by staff?
ANSWER - It is run by volunteers; our Friends group
has been sporadic.
>
> 4. Are the proceeds restricted? If so, in what
> way(s)?
ANSWER - No restrictions; the proceeds go into the
Library's general fund.
You can look at the web page set-up for our used book
store at the following link. However, remember that
this web page is dated, as the used book store in the
basement no longer exists, only periodic book sales:
<
http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/discountbookstore.htm
>
gaw
--- "Waterbury, Cristin"
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:15:34 -0600
From: "Waterbury, Cristin"
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] selling library books
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> I have a question for those of you in museums that
> have research
> libraries. I'm looking for some information about
> the sale of used
> books in museums. These could be either books
> donated to the museum
> expressly for the purpose of being sold to raise
> money for the museum,
> or books that have been withdrawn/deaccessioned from
> the museum's
> research library. Here are some of my questions:
>
>
>
> 1. Do any museums sell such books - whether donated
> for that purpose,
> or withdrawn/deaccessioned?
>
> 2. If so, where or how are they sold? Are they
> available in the museum
> store? Or are they only available at special used
> book sales?
>
> 3. Is the sale of used books run by a Friends group
> or similar
> organization? Or by staff?
>
> 4. Are the proceeds restricted? If so, in what
> way(s)?
>
> 5. If the museum sells used books, do you have a
> policy or written
> procedure for the process that you'd be willing to
> share?
>
>
>
> Thank you to anyone who can help us out!
>
>
>
> Cristin J. Waterbury
>
> Registrar/Collections Manager
>
> Wisconsin Maritime Museum
gaw
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