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Main Authors: Beinhoff, Lisa A., Cox, Stephen
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2000
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ611634
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  • Are Bibliophiles Endangering Rare Books? How Online Auctions Threaten Library Collections. [and] Do Librarians Treat Books as Second-Class Citizens? Beinhoff, Lisa A. Cox, Stephen Costs Internet Library Collections Library Expenditures Online Systems Problems Discusses rare books in library collections and problems that are encountered with theft and/or preservation. Highlights include the effects of online auctions on the Internet; costs of replacing lost materials; and libraries that keep valuable books in the circulating collection, stamping them and subjecting them to use that devalues them. (LRW)