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Here at the University of Hartford we have seen
different ways to handle the book jackets. Way back, when the Art Library
was a branch located at the Art School the jackets would be separated from the
book at the cataloging time. The book call number would be handwritten
inside the jacket for reference, and we would employ our student
assistants (most of them 'artists') to make a display in the reading room
on a wall that was taking thumb tacks. Those displays had the dual
effect of being very attractive and informative of the new
acquisitions. They could be renewed every few weeks depending on how busy
we were... Afterwords the best of them would be mounted on boards, the
information retrieved from the book and typed on a label, classified and kept in
vertical files. They would circulate just as did the books and were
extremely popular at a time when digital images were not available nor there was
an online catalog... In 1989 the Art Library was moved to the main library
building and it seemed as our "Art Plate Collection" would become
obsolete.
But that did not happen! One blessed summer
one of the librarians took upon herself and her best student helpers the chore
of barcoding and entering the records of some 17,000 plates into our online
catalog, eliminating the annoyance of the manual circulation. Even though
now we have ARTstor and all sorts of possibilities to find pictures online, the
plates are still being borrowed with enthusiasm by students of various schools,
even as models for stage makeup. The only problem is the
difficulty of finding time and personnel for the maintenance and renewal of the
material. I have several boxes of excellent jackets saved for that
purpose...
Right now we keep the jacket on the book only if it
is going on display on the "New Books" shelves. The jacket is removed
when the book is borrowed and put back when it is returned. The plastic
protection would always have been nice, but was never considered for lack
of the necessary funds. Only our "Leisure Collection" (mysteries, etc.)
has the privilege of keeping the jacket on with duplicate call number until
it is too worn out.
Anna Bigazzi
Anna Bigazzi
Art Reference Librarian
Mortensen Library, Art
Library
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford,
CT 06117
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:08
PM
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Book jackets
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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