...Philip James Calvert Purpose Some public libraries have experimented with selling withdrawn books via online auction sites, but there has been little exchange of information about the benefits of this and whether it is a practice other libraries could follow. This paper aims to address this issue...

... the Spokane (WA) Public Library has chosen. The library will auction off 1,630 books, including some valuable art books, hoping to raise at least $500,000 to use to display its Fuller Collection of rare books. The books that are to be sold are from a lesser collection and include some cumbersome volumes...