I don't recall the name, but there is an organization in Reading PA that takes whole estate collections of music for the purpose of allowing access to places like schools.


--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Toni Kiser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Toni Kiser <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Vinyl Records...unwanted
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 4:27 PM
> Our institution recently received about 200 vinyl records
> that range in date from the 1930s-1980s. When we agreed to
> take the records from our collecting era (1930s-1940s) the
> donor gave us permission to dispose of anything that we
> didn't want. They signed a permission to dispose form
> that lists all the ways we can get rid of them (give to
> another institution, sell, throw away, etc.). Most of the
> records that we are not keeping for the collection are not
> in great shape and I don't think that they would sell
> well on ebay (at least not well enough to justify all the
> time and effort we would have to put into it).
> So we would like to just throw them away...but here is our
> dilemma, word of these vintage records got out among the
> staff and people have been asking if they can have certain
> records (The Captain and Taneal anyone?) We do intend to
> toss them, but I don't want to just hand them out to
> employees that ask for them. I also hate to put this much
> stuff in the trash that someone may want and use. Should I
> throw them out and just let people dumpster dive? Any
> thoughts on an easy way to rid ourselves of them without
> getting caught in an ethical nightmare?
> Anyone want 100 or so vinyl records from the 60s, 70s, and
> 80s (for your institution of course)?
> 
> Thanks for you thoughts,
> Toni
> 
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