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The School of Visual Arts Library has a very extensive picture collection that already had subjects like magazine covers, movie posters, etc.., so a few years ago I just started a book jacket category. They are mounted to acid free paper-board and categorized by year of publication. Like the rest of the collection, they circulate. We now have several thousand and it continues to grow. They stay in great shape and are very accessible.


David Pemberton
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Visual Arts Library
School of Visual Arts
380 2nd Ave., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-592-2664

On 2/17/2011 1:16 PM, Karen DeWitt wrote:
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Our graphic design faculty have asked that we keep the book covers for students interested in book design to study, and so far I've been able to get the main library to let us keep them (they do all our processing).  They put spine labels on both the book and the cover, and they have two-piece barcodes; one part goes on the book and one on the cover.  We don't put any sort of plastic covers on the dustjackets; we just keep them on the book until they fall apart (although that typically takes many years), and then they get thrown away .  Every few years I end up having to re-justify keeping the jackets as those departments get new people or change their processes, but so far it's been fine.   We do pull books for various design classes to study, so I know the covers are being used in that way. 
 
Karen DeWitt, Director
Harrye B. Lyons Design Library
NCSU Libraries
Campus Box 7701
Raleigh, NC 27695-7701
919-513-3860
 


>>> Jillian Kehoe <[log in to unmask]> 2/17/2011 10:26 AM >>>

Hello ARLIS

 

I’m curious to see what others schools do concerning book covers. Currently, we are putting plastic on the covers, covering our new books and putting them on display. After a few months, they get removed from display and placed into the stacks. We haven’t been removing the covers. What is your practice concerning book covers—do the covers get removed when the books get placed in standard shelving?

 

Thanks in advance for your help and opinions.

 

Jillian Kehoe

Librarian

Art & Architecture Library

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY 11568

(516) 686-1269

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