[PADG:2090] Re: CoLibri System

["Jane Cullinane" <JCullinane@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Cataloging Dept., which previously used mylar book jackets on new
books, embraced this system and all CoLibri work is done in that dept.

Cataloging was happy to add the covers to older books because 
--they keep the red-rot off your hands
--labels stick to the covers (no ident-a-strips to fall out of items in
the general collection)
--we figured out how to thread a red ribbon though the plastic so it
doesn't fall to the floor when a member of the public opens the book in
the stacks

We hesitate to use them on special collections because, although the
plastic ought to be archivally sound, we worry about slip agents (used
to keep the covers from sticking to each other). I am interested to hear
about the experience of any libraries that use them in special
collections.


At 04:17 PM 8/1/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>We're investigating using CoLibri for special collections
>materials--probably 19C and 20C materials. Have any of you had any
>experience with this system? If so, what are your thoughts about the
>system? Do you have formal selection criteria to determine what items
get
>these covers and which do not?
>
>Thanks,
>Winston Atkins
>
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>Winston Atkins
>Preservation Department
>Duke University Libraries
>Campus Box 90189
>Durham, NC 27708-0189
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