More on the Cardiff Case and Rare Book Deaccessioning

http://www.cardiffheritagefriends.org Quotations from an article by Professor David McKitterick, Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge, entitled ‘Cardiff: An End or a Beginning?’ in The Book Collector, Winter 2008. “All too often, the result of de-accessioning [of library books] is an impoverishment. It can be little short of theft from those who might otherwise benefit. It is frequently a failure to meet the expectations of past benefactors, who have entrusted their books or money to educate..