Deborah,
At the Amon Carter Museum library, we feel strongly that the book jacket
is inseparable from the book (as another said, "part of the
bibliographical unit"), often adding important information and
illustrations, in addition to protecting the book. We cover them with
an archival-quality mylar jacket and place the spine label on the
outside of the mylar jacket under a label protector. We often use
volunteers to accomplish these chores. We have always kept the jackets
on the books as far as I know, but only recently have we started using
mylar jackets. A scan of the stacks reveals their utility since many of
the jackets without mylar get ripped up from use over the years. The
only thing we put on the inside of the book is the barcode and a
penciled-in call number.
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Samuel Duncan, Associate Librarian/Cataloguer
Amon Carter Museum
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
817-989-5044 (voice)
817-989-5079 (fax)
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From: Perotti, Deborah [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] book jackets
I am collecting information about what art libraries do with book =
jackets.
Do you through them away?
Do you catalog them separately and house them in flat files?
Do you keep them on the books and cover them with mylar?
Do you keep them on the books in certain circumstances such as when the
content of the book jacket is not represented within the book?
I would appreciate any and all responses and thank you for your time =
and
help.
Best to you,
Deborah Perotti
Library Preservation Coordinator
The Museum of Modern Art
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ph. 212 708-9438
fax 212 408-6385
HTTP://www.moma.org
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