[WikiEN-l] (semi-OT) What to do with old but not old enough encyclopedias?

Thu Nov 16 10:59:10 UTC 2006

David Gerard wrote:
> A friend of mine has a 1980 set of Encyclopedia Britannica he's trying
> to get rid of. They're not going to be public domain in many of our
> lifetimes and the information will be out of date enough to be
> misleading in many ways - they would not be appropriate for a school.
> 
> I see there's another 1980 EB on eBay right now that's had no bids.
> Nobody Cares (tm).
> 
> Your suggestions are welcomed ...
> 

They'd probably be quite useful as reference material. Historically,
they show what people thought about various things as of 1980.

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