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Colleagues, What are your opinions/ what kinds of binding techniques do you use for your circulating collections? Particularly I'm interested in cost-effective methods while retaining the original as much as possible but with preservation in mind. We use basically 3 techniques (excluding archival paks and special bindings): 1. Cover is color photocopied and laminated on cover (orginal cover is discarded) (If you ask to keep the original cover in the binding it costs more so that is discouraged) We haven't done this long enough to see the long-term effects. 2. Original cover is detached from the book, laminated to cardboard then reattached to the text block. This technique is the cheapest I believe and doesn't seem to last very long especially for very used books. Also this particular laminate sheds eventually. 3. Buckram or plain binding is used - original cover is retained but the bindings themselves have absolutely no character visually and might discourage browsing, a research technique that is applied by many of our users. This seems to be the most stable kind of binding, though I have noticed it varies depending on the book. I should mention that a good balance of visual/preservation technques could prove impossible for us here at CMU since much less attention is given the physical collections in order to make way for the 'digital library', so I would probably not get support for anything that costs extra. In any case, I'm interested in hearing the range of techniques you use. Your comments will be appreciated. Mo Dawley Art and Drama Librarian Carnegie Mellon University [log in to unmask] 412-268-6625 (fax)412-268-7148 http://www.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/Art http://www.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/Drama http://www.greenarts.org __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]