Report From UK: “Libraries Coordinate on Book Disposal to Safeguard Rare Texts”
From Times Higher Education (THE):Plans to ensure that at least seven copies of every scholarly book are kept across UK libraries will help enrich research resources and safeguard rare texts rather than push institutions to downsize their collections, librarians have insisted.
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To address these worries over space and the disposal of potentially valuable rare texts, libraries have been invited to join a new initiative, known as the UK Print Book Collection (UK PBC), to help coordinate libra