Hi Tricia - I have since talked with our local librarian. Her suggestion is that the communities be made aware that the libraries will always be glad to have these books donated. If they get several editions the same they pass them on. There is a move afoot across Canada to get ALL libraries connected and accessible by internet. In Alberta right now I am learning to access all libraries here; one can find out where the books they desire are located and then directly order them through ILL at no cost. Our librarian says that the provinces are all either doing this or have done, but the interprovincial connection is not available yet for ordinary users. ILL from other provinces still has to be done by the local libraries. I suspect this may have something to do with the plans afoot to combine the National Library with National Archives and get it all online. Have you accessed www.globalgenealogy.com yet? There is a lot of information there through the Canada Census Campaign that talks about this combining and the recent formation of a Canadian Genealogy Society. Best wishes Freda Stewart Stettler, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "software" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-Manitoba] Heritage books > Hi, Freda: > > Freda wrote: > > > > I note your info about the history books and I have also been > > told that there is no market. They are such a gold mine ... > > Oh, they are, indeed! > > > I am not skilled enough with a computer to set up a site (or I > > would do) which would offer to list these books and the contact > > person for such. > > It is sorely needed. But, I think one of the biggest problems, is when > the original owners die, and the heirs have no idea how valuable a > resource they may be to others. Not realizing their value, the heirs > then dump them into a pile of old books that they're trying to unload at > a yard-sale or such event just to clean up the former owner's premises. > Of course, in such an environment, there's precious little chance of > them being happened upon by people that will accord them their true > worth. > > > I hate to see them ignored at garage sales and then > > ultimately taken to the dump. > > This breaks my heart. I LOVE books, and I've assembled quite a > creditable private library. What happens to them after I'm gone is a > deep concern of mine. I desperately want my books to go to good homes, > where they'll be truly appreciated, and where they'll be used to good > purpose. I've considered donating them to the public library, but > having seen how even the library disposes of less popular volumes after > they've been around for a while, I'm not about to donate them there (at > least not to the Yellowknife Library). > > Not only should there be a "Heritage-Book exchange/sale" website (and if > there ever is one, it needs to be well publicized), but there should be > a physical library that nurtures books donated from estates, and makes > them readily available through InterLibrary Loan. We also need a > greatly expanded North American (or, at least, Canadian) "Archive CD > Books" branch. I notice that for Canada, Rod Neep only has two slim > volumes on offer. This is so sad. > > tricia > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > Manitoba Regions - Volunteer Opportunities > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/regions.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >