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                          The Hutman Library is the beginning of a new way of maximizing the accessibility
of the Printed Word. 

Why should large public and institutional libraries be the only libraries on line and accessible to the public? 

The Hutman Library is a publicly accessible  Library located in a private residence. Can you stop in? Well that may be possible in the future but, not quite yet, watch this space!   It is accessible, however,  to the world on line via the interface of  the web. The library consists of shelves of books located throughout the house. Each book will be described in a database which will be searchable via  your browser's search function. Anyone anywhere in the world will be able to locate a book in our collection.  Eventually internet search engines will allow this to be done across the net. Once you have located a book or  other publication or source you must determine what you would like to know about it, or from it. You will then go to our search page and compose a search request.

The Hutman differes from conventional public libraries in that you do not have to deal with slow and often clumsy search engines.
We go directly to the book. It may take a while but you can wait comfortably off line for your request to be filled.

Making a search request will be easy!

• First clearly define your request. What exactly do you want to know? Many books do not have indexes. You may have to provide chapter and page numbers. If you feel yours will be an in-depth research request it is important to define clearly exactly what you will require so that we can compose accurate estimates.

• Next click on our request link. An e.mail form will open up. Write your request into the e.mail message and send it to us.

• As soon as we process your request we will provide an answer via e.mail.

• If your request extends beyond our short answer service you will be advised of the cost of in-depth research. In this case we will know that we have the material. We  will confirm it and provide you an estimate of the information present and time required to process your request and the cost. 

Once we have received payment for in-depth research requests we will que your request for in-depth processing. When we process your request we will send the result via e.mail.  Due to accounting complexities we are not able to provide refunds unless we find we can not process your request.  Our response will be our best effort and will be limited to one response per request.
 

Books for Sale- 

As with any library collection management is an issue. We have finite shelf and we may be willing to sell you the book you are looking  for! It doesnt hurt to ask and we will respond to your best offer with a counter proposal and shipping information. We will not discuss condition. books are sold as is and can not be returned.

Books Adopted!
Certainly. We will take all books. We reserve the right to find other homes or otherwise discard them but
we will take all. We can not return donations once received. Our mailing address:

P.O. Box 268,
Linthicum, Md. 21090
U.S.A.

Just send them with our thanks in advance. We will not accept shipments cod or in any way pay for
postage. We will greatly appreciate your efforts. Our hearty thanks in advance. The potential of adding
to this grand cause is its own reward.

Would You like to add your personal library Catalog to ours?
Hey! we could have someting really big quite soon.....More on this later!
 
 

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Send  a   S e a r c h    Request

1. Clearly Compose your request. Be sure to include the page numbers and a detailed description of the information you require.
    Is their a deadline date? Please provide it. If the deadline has expired before we get to your request we may or may not process  it.  We will not process in-depth requests beyond deadline dates. Once in-depth searches have begun they can not be stopped. Payment is not-refundable.

Sample Search:

In the Cape Cod Cookbook, Kitchen Shelf, 10, number 65. is there a recipe for: Foundation
Cream Soup? Could you send the recipe.

Sample Response: Yes Here it is.

Sample Search 2:

In book x shelf name, shelf number item number does does the author mention "x"

Sample response 2
Yes he does. The entire chapter covers this topic. If it were a few lines we could send them
however, this is too long an Item for us to provide. It can not be copied word for word but
we can summarize it for you for $xyz. We will put your request in our que upon receipt of 
a check made out to Conrad Jay Bladey for $xyz. This payment will be non-refundable. We
can not guarantee a date for the completion of this work.

2. From our catalog select the book or item title and shelf location

3. If you think your request will be of the nature of an extended research request please finely detail exactly what you hope to be provided with. It would be helpful for requests which are known to be of an in-depth nature to provide us with an estimate of what you will offer to pay for the service.

4. Remember that some of our books are available for sale. It doesn't hurt to ask. We will then advise you of the price and postage.

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We should be starting to catalog our collection within the next week or so.
We will place it on line in the catalog area and as we add sections we will place a notice here.
Please check this space periodically to see what has been added since your last visit.
 

PROGRESS!!   December 26,1999
The Kitchen Shelf Shelf 12 is listed.....good progress should be done this evening.

Progress December 27 - Kitchen shelves are done! Take a look!

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Do you have any questions?
Do not hesitate to send them to us click here!
 

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Hutman Productions has an important web presence.
We specialize in providing information as freely as it can possibly be provided.
We are also well known for our artworks, and inexpensive web page construction and 
publications. You can click here to explore our business.
Please visit our other pages.

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