I do what Moira does, put up the book covers on the bulletin
board. Our art collection is in the main library across campus somewhat so kind
of far to walk. I try to entice them to walk to the main library with these. I
have a sign that says: ”if you like the book cover, you’ll love the
book” I allow the students to take the covers. They love it.
Paula Wolfe
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SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moira
Steven
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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
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Joanne Waxman Library @ Maine College of Art
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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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