Razored pages project

[Patricia Palmer <pepalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear PADG,

I received the message below from a colleague in my library.  I wonder if
anyone in our group is working with the photographer or would like to
comment on the project.  

Curious Patricia

>Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:04:53 EDT
>Reply-To: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST <ARLIS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sender: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST <ARLIS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Jim Carmin <jimc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject:      Razored pages project
>Comments: cc: jconkey@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: ARLIS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I'm forwarding this to ARLIS-L for Jayna Conkey, a photography instructor
>at Oregon College of Art and Craft, who is not on ARLIS-L.
>
>She wants to photograph your mutilated books, and needs your help to
>identify them so she may obtain them through interlibrary loan.
>
>Please send your comments directly to her (jconkey@xxxxxxxxxxxx), but I
>will be happy to be an intermediary, if necessary, for ILL transactions
>related to your razored books.  I've seen some of her images and this is a
>very interesting and visually stimulating project.
>
>-----------Forwarded message-----------------------------------------
>
>I have been working on a project in which I photographically document
>library books that have had images cut out of them.  I am looking for
>any information regarding mutilated books, but I also hope to be able to
>photograph any cut up books you may have in your libraries.   I am
>interested in what happens visually to the image and how its meaning
>changes.  I am also interested in statistics, i.e., how much it costs
>libraries to maintain their collections, what types of books are
>vandalized, and methods of vandalization.  I would also like to
>understand how librarians decide which books to repair, which books to
>replace, which books to discard and considerations made for out of print
>books.  Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Jayna Conkey
>jconkey@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> Jim Carmin                               Multnomah County Library
> John Wilson Room Librarian               801 SW Tenth Avenue
> Humanities / Central Library             Portland, OR 97205-2597
> jimc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx         503-736-6287
> http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/about/mcl-wilson.html
>
>




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Patricia Palmer				phone: 804.828.2287
Head, Preservation Services		fax:   804.828.1051
Virginia Commonwealth University
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