[PADG:1682] RE: Dust jackets

["Perotti, Deborah" <Deborah_Perotti@xxxxxxxx>]

Some organizations/libraries remove and separately catalog book dust jackets
and make them available in flattened format to the public. Jackets can be
encapsulated in mylar and housed in flat files so that they can be available
for viewing without damage.

Deborah Perotti				voice	(212) 708-9438
Preservation Coordinator			fax	(212) 408-6385
The Museum of Modern Art		email	deborah_perotti@xxxxxxxx
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Beth Picknally Camden [SMTP:bp2f@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Friday, May 03, 2002 11:42 AM
> To:	padg@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	[PADG:1677] Dust jackets
> 
> I have had a question from a faculty member wanting to know why academic 
> libraries don't keep dust jackets on books.  I can make a good argument 
> about expense of mylar covers, etc.   However, I was wondering--what is
> the 
> history of this practice?   Is there a preservation argument for removing 
> them?
> 
> 	-Beth
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