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1. Rationale : When gifts of books and other printed materials are offered to
the Bahá'í World Centre, consideration has to be given, as in the case of
any gift, to the following points:
1.1. Whether the gift is acceptable.
1.2. Whether any conditions attached to the gift are acceptable.
1.3. Whether it would be preferable for the gift to be made to another
institution (e.g. a National Bahá'í Library).
1.4. Whether any stipulations should be made concerning the location and
use of the gift.
1.5. How the gift should be acknowledged.
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2. Procedure : Whenever a gift of books or other printed materials is offered
to the Bahá'í World Centre it should be passed initially to the Library.
3. Gifts of entire collections : Gifts of individual books and printed items
are unlikely to present major problems, and one can assume that unless
there is strong reason to the contrary the Library will accept most gifts
unless multiple copies of the same item are offered from several sources.
Offers of an entire collection of books and printed materials, however,
present special challenges, and all such offers should be analysed by the
Library which will make its recommendation to the Universal House of
Justice covering the following points:
3.1. Whether the gift should be accepted in whole or in part.
3.2. If to be accepted in whole, whether any parts should be disposed of,
and, if so, whither and why.
3.3. What special treatment, if any, should be accorded the collection. |
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