Michaela and all,
I'm very interested in this too. I was just thinking
about this yesterday as I was making collection development decisions on those
heavy heavy Art History survey texts (Stokstad it seems has gotten the idea!).
Being non-ergonomic, it's not surprising that many of these heavy books are
non-ecological as well, usually falling apart at the spines almost at
the beginning. It would be fascinating to see or know if publishers or
binders are considering such issues. I wonder if Interlibrary Loan people would
have a good grip on this?
Mo
Hello,
We have just received the last issue of El Croquis
no. 131/132 2006 -double issue in one heavy volume, i needed both hands to hold
it.
Imagine the librarian at the front circulation
desk, who receives the book from the reader, and needs to read the bar code of
the the book...
Is the ergonomic aspect being taken in
consideration at the publishers offices?
Do librarians have a say in this
subject?
Thanks in advance,
michaela
Michaela Zonnenshain
Architecture and Town
Planning Library
Technion I.I.T.
Haifa 32000, Israel
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