strip covers ( strip advertisements )
An instruction to a library binder to remove and
discard the covers of periodical issues before
binding. "Strip advertisements" is an instruction
to remove all full-page advertisements (on both
recto and verso of the leaf) before binding. Their
removal makes for a thinner volume, and thus
reduces shelf space required; but the space
actually saved compared with the cost to the
library of having covers and advertisements
removed, plus the loss of potentially valuable
historical material, make the practice of
debatable value. Cf: BIND ALL . (259 )
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