Where to put old technical books?

Antelle2012-10-27 18:10:42

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Antelle, 2012-10-27 18:10:42

How do you get rid of relatively old (like something from 2000-2010x, but let's just say not really old) paper technical books that you don't need?
Where is it now customary to buy paper books (in English, in Russian) by hand in Russia?
Where are they given and where are they looking for a gift?
Thank you.

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Sild, 2012-10-27
@Sild

We donated both fiction and technical literature to the district library.
Purely technical, local colleges may be interested. If you don’t plan to get a few thousand from them, I think it’s better to go there

First Last, 2012-10-27
@vitallyswipe

On one of the sunny days of the past summer, something came over me and I looked menacingly at my bookshelf, lined entirely with technical literature. A variety of publications on various topics. All books are in Russian. The newest of them were published in 2010 (moreover, foreign versions of these same books are published a year or two earlier). So I decided to get rid of this rubbish ...
At first I thought to place an ad in the social. networks that I give for a gift or take to the library of some university, but then I thought: “Who needs outdated literature ?!” Indeed, a lot of changes take place during the year (well, you understand), and even fundamental knowledge is more convenient to obtain from fresh reprints, taking into account new trends and standards. I suddenly felt that if there is someone who is ready to take my books, then this will not be a gesture of goodwill, because. a person will waste time on “irrelevant PEAD”, waste his time and I will be to blame for this.
It was decided to rid the world of junk. The books were collected in a backpack, after which I went out of town, into nature and successfully fried sausages on a fire from them (with some nostalgic touch). Here is a kind of rite of purification, if you want. I left only bestsellers with fundamental knowledge that does not become obsolete and a couple of newer books (and even then, it is unlikely that I will ever open them; they played their role).
Now, in the age of tablets, clouds, etc. innovations, paper media are dying out - the number of books acquiring electronic copies is growing every year (by the way, now I buy technical literature exclusively in electronic form).
And yet, recently I read an article on Habré " Programs as works of art?", containing reflections on the knowledge and content produced by mankind and their value. I agree with some of the thoughts from this article ... and I see no reason to collect, like Gogol's Plushkin, mountains of waste paper that no one needs.

Gribozavr, 2012-10-27
@gribozavr

www.darudar.org/

Graube, 2012-10-27
@Graube

If the literature is already really outdated and not relevant, then I threw it away. And he gave more or less worthy books to good hands either through a local (regional) forum, or through announcements at a school / institute.

amarox, 2012-10-27
@amarox

Unfortunately, I have to throw it away, albeit with a grating heart. For such literature becomes obsolete rather quickly and, in fact, is unlikely to be useful to anyone.

Ad3pt, 2012-10-28
@Ad3pt

Alternatively: azbuker.ru ( http://habrahabr.ru/post/151441/ )

Anakros, 2012-10-27
@Anakros

What do you have? Interesting.

Artyom Tsyplakov, 2012-10-27
@grimich

In our entrance, a bookcrossing shelf spontaneously formed on the ground floor near the mailboxes.
We load all irrelevant literature, technical and artistic literature there with the whole entrance
. Also, old hardware often appears - all sorts of inkjet printers and other junk
It leaves very quickly :)

Joke, 2012-10-29
@gok

I, as a student, bought quite a few books, and quite expensive ones.
When I realized that I was sorry for how much space they occupy in the house, I did it simply: I took it to the ball in my former hostel. Part of the students took apart for themselves, and the rest was put in the library in the working room.

Alexander, 2012-10-31
@akalend

My father is a research worker, he left a bookcase - he gave everything to the "children's library", since it is the closest to home (5-6 wheelchairs of books). And they will already send these books to technical libraries ...
Now I am sorting out my literature, I will give some of it through Daru-Dar , and I will take the rest to the library.