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📣 nathcd

What to do with old technical magazines and journals?


I inherited a lot of old computer magazines, journals, and books, dating mostly from the mid-80s to the mid-00s. They're really neat to flip through, but I don't really need them and they're mostly taking up space. I haven't had issues getting rid of the books (donating to libraries and a used book store) but I'm not sure what to do with the magazines and journals.

I've got hundreds of issues of:

- SunWorld

- SysAdmin

- SunExpert

- Server/Workstation Expert

- ;login:

- ACM Queue

- Communications of the ACM

- Computer Communication Review

- ACM Computing Surveys

- The Internet Protocol Journal

- IT Professional

- Radio Experimenter

- Inside Solaris

- Packet

and fewer assorted issues of some others. I'm not trying to make any money, just trying to figure out if there's anywhere that would value them so I don't have to throw them away. Any ideas?


  👤 wmf Accepted Answer ✓
Check if archive.org has them. If not, contact Jason Scott.

👤 stakkur
1. Check if they're already available digitally online.

2. See if they're worth anything on eBay (my guess is no).

3. Offer them to archive.org

4. Recycle and let go.


👤 brudgers
Craigslist?