TO Mr Douglas Greene CC RARA-AVIS, biblioMANIA, Booktalk on 6 may, i responded to the following snivel: > If it were only that simple. Public institutions like a university > research library must answer to the demands of faculty, students, and > the general public, all of whom demand (rightly) that we collect > material necessary for their studies. Rare books and special > collections departments are held hostage by dealers who justify their > outrageous prices with just such "arguements" as James'. A private > collector can "just say no" to high prices; a library doesn't always > have that luxury. which i, mistakenly attributed to douglas greene. to mr greene & all other innocent readers who were subjected to my inability ot sort through the the various >>::>:><<>: and find the *real* perpetrator, i offer my sincere apologies for my mis-attribution. TO Mr James Stephenson, a.k.a. > James Stephenson > Rare Books & Special Collections Cataloger > University of Maryland at College Park > Email: js272@umail.umd.edu may i refer you to my response of 6 may. best regards, bob sikes <bsikes@wcnet.net> - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca