Hi All, it's been quite a while since I've been active here but I can't think of a better group to ask about this pretty unusual situation.
The family business I have worked in for many years and recently inherited has a very large collection of hardcopy industrial and commercial product literature mostly dating from the 1960s-1990s. (Of course almost everything shifted to digital/web thereafter.)
We have held onto this library for many years after its last active use but at this point would love to pass it along to a new home, perhaps some sort of museum, library or collector. Throwing it all in the trash seems like a tragic waste and we have the time and space to look for a new home before resorting to that.
There are product data sheets and catalogs for roughly 10,000 manufacturers of high-tech equipment including test instruments, computers and other IT, laboratory devices, manufacturing tools, and precision measurement tools.
In physical terms we are talking about 19 book cases plus additional boxes of overflow, a total of around 450 linear feet of books and files.
Any thoughts on organizations that may want this collection? Note I am not looking for money for the documents but can't move/ship them. Would prefer to keep the bookcases which are custom solid wood 4x6' but potentially would sell those if whomever takes the files would want them.
