I recall about 20 years ago at my previous job in a public library it was tried in an effort to cut expenses:
the time (and cost) to cover the jackets—not to mention the cost of the jackets themselves. It was discovered that the appeal of the book was lost to the browser of the shelves (Visual appeal? Understanding of contents?) , and so then the jackets were covered
and left on the books in the open shelf area, but removed from those books headed to the closed stacks. Over time I notice that the covered jackets do indeed protect the books from wear & tear –and they are easy to identify at a glance.
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I think that this is an interesting discussion. I have an additional question - why are the covers taken off the books? Does anyone remember when that started to happen?
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[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 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
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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
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