binding priorities
The ranking or ordering of different types of
library materials to be bound or rebound.
Priorities may be based on a variety of factors,
including historical or research value, age,
condition, use, monetary value, special or local
interest, format, or combinations thereof. The
establishment of priorities frequently, if not
usually, implies that the library: 1) does not
have sufficient funds to bind everything it
acquires; or 2) does not consider it necessary to
bind or rebind everything. An example of a system
of priorities would be: 1) books of value, or of
special interest to the library, that should be
bound or rebound without regard to cost; 2) books
of permanent interest but of no special monetary
value, that should be library bound, but for which
the best work would be too expensive; and 3) books
of temporary interest that need to be held
together and kept in readable condition for
occasional reference or short-term hard usage. (84 , 208 , 326 )
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