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| Materials that have damaged covers should be sent to Preservation for repair. Burnt covers are just an example of the damage that can occur to library materials. Covers with stains, chewing gum, holes, tears, and dried paint should all be sent for repair before the damage leads to a worse problem. |
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| Library materials that have water damage to the bindings and textblock should be sent to Preservation for repair or rebinding. Also, materials with broken, chewed, and warped covers are good candidates for repair or rebinding. |
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| Book covers and pamphlet binders may come loose from the textblock or bound material. Even if the bound material is missing, covers and bindings should still be sent to Preservation to be replaced or repaired. It is especially important to route material that contains a barcode and/or call number. |
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| Torn, taped, and stained pages are frequently seen in all forms of printed library material, as are large groups of missing pages that have been removed by tearing or cutting. Most often these pages can be repaired or replaced with archival copies from another holding or via Inter Library Loan. It is important to send any material that contains damaged pages to Preservation. |
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| Split or broken textblocks can be repaired or rebound even if the damage occurs in several areas. This sort of damage usually happens with bindings that have been glued or paperback materials that have been commercially rebound. When routing this kind of material to Preservation, be sure and include all loose sections. |
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| The spine or book backing is where damage is seen the most. This occurs because the library user will most often remove the book from the shelf by pulling at the top of the spine rather than griping the boards and textblock firmly. All torn, loose or missing spines should be sent to Preservation for repair. |
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| Textblocks with missing or separated covers should be sent to Preservation for repair or rebinding. Often times the textblock, or bound material, will have no bibliographic information because several pages may be missing. Any bibliographic information that can be retrieved and printed from BISON should accompany the item. |
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| Material that is brittle should be sent to Preservation for replacement or reformatting. Brittle material will break or crack easily with continued use. Use of adhesive tape, of any kind, should always be avoided. Old adhesive tape stains badly, is difficult to remove, and causes permanent damage to library materials. |
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