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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
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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)
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
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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
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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.
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