Debbie,
We gave ours to our Collections Management department. They were thrilled
to get it. Our Registrar's office and our Slide Library also have old
versions.
Debbie
Deborah Barlow Smedstad
Head Librarian
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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> From: Debby Aframe[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:19 PM
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> Subject: new Benezit
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> We have been fortunate enough to be able to purchase the latest 14 volume
> set of DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES,SCULPTEURS, ....
> by Benezit to replace the old 10 volume set. What have other libraries
> done
> with the old set? We also have the first edition of Benezit which was 3
> volumes which we have kept over the years. As space becomes more of a
> critical problem and management wants to know why the library isn't
> weeded
> more often, the issue of keeping old reference books comes to the fore.
> We
> have kept old history books with maps that are invaluable and old sets of
> the Encyclopedia Britannica and auction catalogs back to the 1840's- do we
> need to keep old sets of Benezit as they are replaced with current
> scholarship? What have other libraries done in this situation?
> Thanks in advance for your collective knowledge and experience.
>
> Debby Aframe
> Librarian
> Worcester Art Museum
> 55 Salisbury St.
> Worcester, MA. 01609
> 508-799-4406, ext. 3070
> debbyaframe@worcesterart,org <mailto:debbyaframe@worcesterart,org>
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