<div dir="ltr">Hi, Kelli,<div>I share your pain. I have held onto some reference works until space needs forced us to weed them.</div><div>Several years before I joined the staff most of the reference collection was made into circulating items. They languished on the shelves until lack of use made us finally weed them.</div><div>The reference materials that do the best as circulating materials are in the 200s. </div><div>Unless the reference materials are almost new, I haven't found any university libraries willing to take them. </div><div>I am forcing our staff to keep American National Biography and the Encyclopedia of Religion.</div><div>Best of luck!</div><div>Michele</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Kelli Foster <<a href="mailto:kfoster@seolibraries.org">kfoster@seolibraries.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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We sadly, are about to embark in dismantling most of our Reference Department...we have a large Reference Department for those who have never been in our Library.
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1.) Did you find any Reference Books useful by making them Circulating? We have tons of Biography, Literature, Science and History Reference books
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2.) Did you find any University Library or organization who would gladly take Reference titles?
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Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This just kills the Librarian in me.
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<br>Kelli J. Foster
<br>Head of Technical Services
<br>Kaubisch Memorial Public Library
<br>205 Perry St.
<br>Fostoria, OH 44830
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Michele Raine</div><div>Assistant Director</div>
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