We, too, do not offer preservation services for the general
public. In my experience, however, there was one exception. After Hurricane
Andrew, we offered assistance to the university faculty and staff whose
collections were damaged. Most of the material was water damaged and we offered
to freeze-dry and do our best to return books to a usable condition. This was a
one-in-a-lifetime situation (we hope) and our faculty and staff were very
grateful.
Cecilia
Leathem
Otto
G. Richter Library
University of Miami
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From: owner-padg@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-padg@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DuBose, Stefanie
Sent: Tuesday, May
18, 2004 9:51 AM
To: 'padg@xxxxxxx'
Subject: [PADG:31] Preservation of
materials for the general public
Hi All,
How many academic libraries offer
preservation services for the general public? While in theory I am not
against such a service, we've received so many items that my staff member
doesn't have time to work on her materials. I'm proposed a limit on what
we accept to our administration, but am curious how other conservation
departments approach the matter. Currently we will work on materials for
members of our Friends group or donors, but we've not (as yet) established a
maximum number of items per person or maximum number of items per
semester/year. I have no wish to alienate our public, but it's now a
matter of preserving our collection or working on walk-in materials.
Thanks for your help!
Stefanie
Stefanie DuBose
Head,
Acquisitions
Joyner
Library
East
Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27258-4353
(p)252-328-2598
(f)252-328-4834
duboses@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Andrew Hart, Preservation Librarian
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#3910, Davis Library
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
tel: (919) 962-8047
fax: (919) 962-4450
email: ashart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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