tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post2118694019090278896..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: Library mattersCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-81377762052703718122015-05-04T23:26:01.646-07:002015-05-04T23:26:01.646-07:00Another lovely reflection - it feels very emotiona...Another lovely reflection - it feels very emotional and private as I read it, and I guess the best I can say is what a good friend you are to offer such detailed insights into his life. Safe travels. louannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967764775123042458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-9655912653117377332015-04-28T11:24:54.153-07:002015-04-28T11:24:54.153-07:00Private libraries are "living" libraries...Private libraries are "living" libraries.<br /><br />I often think that private libraries that end up in institutional settings are being sent to the salt mines.<br /><br />Very few people ever get to see, touch or reference them. <br /><br />We do want to save material texts. But I wonder whether putting great collections into rare book rooms and archive vaults is really the best place for them. <br /><br />As a rare book dealer, I can see an argument for returning them to the market-place, where they may find their new custodians.<br /><br />I remember, when going to the University of Kansas at Lawrence, to photocopy their Eigner archive, being taken down into the basement to see their Mencken collection, a big four bay section of shelves containing all his first editions, as well as a nice big file of original Baltimore Sun bound volumes (with many of his columns). No one EVER got to see these books, as they were not circulating. What purpose, I thought to myself, could it serve to have these wonderful books sitting in the semi-dark of the basement, gathering dust, while the world outside went on about its business, oblivious to its existence here?Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.com