I sent this message to Jillian' e-mail address, but see
that many respond on the list, so I am forwarding a copy of it in case someone
else has interest...
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Book Covers: To remove or not
remove...
Hi Jillian,
In the past at our library we almost never kept the
covers on the books. We did not have the funds to cover the expense
for the plastic sheets and the manpower for the process. However,
when we had a branch library at the Art School (we transferred to the
expanded and "wired' main library in 1989)
we had a big bulletin board in the reading area and
pinned on it the new book covers in the neatest arrangements our art students
may conceive. The covers would stay up there for a few weeks,
then after we substituted them, the most interesting or beautiful ones
would be mounted on boards and go to enrich our circulating collection of "Art
Plates."
After the move we lost the exhibition
board, so the better covers still were used for plates and the others discarded
or used as folders or colored paper for book repairs. This went on for
another 15 years or so until the book collection was integrated and the Art
Librarian (=me) was "integrated" too as Reference Librarian. Right
now the Plate Collection still exist, but is not updated for lack of time and
manpower. I still collect gorgeous covers
which most likely will end at the Art School for
the students to adopt. In the meantime we updated the "New Books" shelves
leaving the covers on as long as the display lasts, and created a
circulating "Leisure Collection" of literature, where the covers stay on
without protection as long as they are decent. Art books do not
often park among the "New Books" because of their size. Also if requested
by faculty they go to the stacks immediately after cataloging. We have a
special section of the online catalog to signal the accession of new
books. I am not so sure that anybody looks at it...
Thanks for asking...
Anna Bigazzi
Art Reference
Librarian
Mortensen Library, Art Library
University of Hartford
200
Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Tel.: 860
768-4397
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:26 AM
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Book Covers: To remove or not
remove...
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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Anna Bigazzi
Art Reference Librarian
Mortensen
Library, Art Library
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West
Hartford, CT 06117
Tel.: 860 768-4397
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