There were five responses to the following query:
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:47:19 -0400
> From: Javad Maher <Javad.Maher_at_angelo.edu>
> Subject: Dust jackets?
>
> In our library book dust jackets are discarded. As you all know, these
> jackets may contain valuable information about the authors or their works,
> not yet available anywhere else. Since laminating dust jackets is labor
> intensive and costly, is there an economical way to maintain the content?
> Some libraries cut the needed section from the dust jacket and paste it
> inside the cover, opposite the half-title.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Javad Maher
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> Acquisitions Librarian 915-942-2512/2312
> Porter Henderson Library 915-942-2198 (FAX)
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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:03:04 -0700
From: Rick Anderson (Univ. Of NV-Reno) <rickand_at_unr.edu>
Subject: RE: Book jackets
This isn't a complete solution to the problem, but if you have an approval
plan you might want to consider asking your vendor to substitute paperback
editions whenever hardcover and paperback are issued simultaneously. The
paper editions generally have all of the dust jacket copy on their covers,
and an added bonus is the substantially lower list price. If you have
preservation concerns, have your vendor bind them in something sturdy and
transparent. (But frankly, most scholarly monographs circulate rarely
enough that the paperback editions will weather normal use without much
trouble.)
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Rick Anderson
Electronic Resources/Serials Coordinator
The University Libraries
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 No. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89557
PH (775) 784-6500 x273
FX (775) 784-1328
rickand_at_unr.edu
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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:50:39 -0400
From: Janice Lange (Sam Houston State U.) <LIB_JPL_at_shsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Book jackets
We make an extra call number label to attach to the book jacket. Another call
number label goes on the book with a label protector, and the bar code goes
inside the book by the date due slip. The jacket stays with the book until it
is worn, and can then be discarded. We abandoned the plastic book covers over
preservation concerns (holding in humidity, leading to possible mold
infestation.) We've been doing this a couple of years, and so far, it seems
to be working ok. We are at least giving patrons a chance to see the dust
jackets.
Janice Lange
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Assistant Director Newton Gresham Library
Collections and Technical Services Sam Houston State University
Box 2179 Huntsville, Texas 77341
936/294-1620
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:18:22 -0400
From: Dave Hagelaar (Univ. Of Toronto) <d.hagelaar_at_utoronto.ca>
Subject: Re: Book jackets
We are also debating questions regarding jackets. Not only do the jackets
contain valuable information, they generally make the book look more
attractive. Has anyone seen a study that shows that keeping dust jackets
on books in an academic library leads to higher circulation?
Regards,
Dave Hagelaar
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:25:27 -0700
From: Penny Swanson <swansonp_at_Groupwise.Douglas.BC.CA>
Subject: Re: Book jackets
I guess you'd have to define "labor intensive and costly." We laminate
all our dust jackets and every time we look for ways to save money, we
look at it, and find it would not save us enough money to make it worth
while. Our student assistants do the laminating and taping on of the
covers, so that undoubtably helps.
At ALA last year, there were a number of cover savers all claiming to be
cheaper and faster.
Penny Swanson
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 08:48:27 -0400
From: John Hare (NH Technical Institute) <jhare_at_tec.nh.us>
Subject: RE: Book Jackets
Book dealers selling used and antiquarian stock have latched onto mylar
jackets in recent years as a way to preserve the dust jacket - which has $$$$
value - and to advertise (window-dress) the product. In fact, many people on
Ebay refer to their books as being Brodarted to indicate they have the mylar
sleeves protecting the dust jackets. So, one arm of the industry has made a
new adjective of a company name to describe their solution to your problem.
It's time intensive, but it does preserve more value in the book. And these
days, selling discards is becoming easier and more profitable than ever
before. You should tour Ebay for the children's author Tasha Tudor, for
example, to see what people are paying for beat-up ex-library discards.
And some of us are wondering if they really were discards. There seems to be
real incentive to check out (or not) a library Tasha Tudor; pay the $10.00
fine for a "lost book"; and then sell the same item on Ebay for $45 plus
shipping and handling. Another reason to monitor your collections as closely
as you can.
Wm John Hare
New Hampshire Technical Institute
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