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
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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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