[ale] donating books

[Irv]

On Tuesday 14 October 2003 03:03 am, Cy Kurtz wrote:
>    Please, please, please, don't give the non-fiction books to the
> library. Some administrator will say, "Look, we have 682 computer
> books(all at least ten years behind), that should hold us for the next
> ten years." Is an old computer book better than no computer book?

Good point, but it depends upon the library.
My library, at least, seems to have a clue - all those outdated 
computer books go onto the sale rack at 25 cents each. 
I've bought a few (Pascal, DBASE III) for the nostalgia.
Who knows, somebody might actually have a need for some of 
that old info.

Irv