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Hi, Even here at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/City University of New York, we keep the dust jackets on the books and cover them with plastic. I say "even here" because we are not an art library. I would be really disappointed if we had to remove the dust jackets; I think they really increase the circulation of our book collection. Patrons are more likely to just browse and check books out, and not necessarily to complete an assignment. Keeping jackets=one of the strengths of the bookstore model of librarianship. Best wishes, Susan E. Thomas Assistant Professor Evening/Weekend Librarian Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY 199 Chambers St., S-434 New York, New York 10007 [log in to unmask] 212.220.8000 x7112 (p) 212.748.7466 (f) http://lib1.bmcc.cuny.edu (BMCC Library) http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu (BMCC) http://portal.cuny.edu (CUNY) Moira Steven <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST <[log in to unmask]> 09/02/2009 03:27 PM Please respond to Moira Steven <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Re: [ARLIS-L] Book jackets We use our dust jackets as they were intended: on the book. We use covers to keep them nice. I've found that books with covers get circulated more, especially among art students, as they covers attract they eye where a plain black cloth cover does not. In Atlanta, I used them to advertise our acquisitions. I used two bulletin boards in the halls and printed out duplicate spine labels to put on the covers. I only chose great covers - got to keep that visual interest going! We seemed to get a lot of students - and faculty too - coming into the library with a call number scribbled on a bit of paper or on their hands looking for the book that used to have the "cool" cover. Best, Moira ______________________________________ Moira Steven, Library Director Joanne Waxman Library @ Maine College of Art 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 207-775-5153 (general)/207-699-5090 (direct line)/207-775-5087 (fax) “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” - Leonardo da Vinci Please consider the environment before printing this message. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Linda Heslin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: We have recently had a discussion here about the use of book covers in the library. I would be interested in knowing if you use and how you use book jackets—i.e., if you use them for display of new art and architecture books, do you retain covers on when placed back into the stacks as part of the regular collection? Do you also cover with plastic book wrap? Trying to decide where best to put barcodes. __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send 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 (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send 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 (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]