It's not just that "patrons persist in flattening books for double-page
copying and often do not use the edge feature unless trained to do so",
but the cost factor in libraries where patrons are charged per copy.
I believe the largest incentive to use the book-friendly copiers at
Northwestern University Libraries came when the "reduce" feature on the
machines was disabled. It was no longer possible to fit a double-page
spread onto a single sheet of paper... photocopying ended up costing the
user twice as much as before, but bindings benefitted. (Disclaimer: I
was an NWU library user, not a staff member, so I this is only my own
anecdotal evidence).
Erin.
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Erin C. Blake, Ph.D.
Curator of Art
Folger Shakespeare Library
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