care and handling videos

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For the stack maintenance discussion for the "Preservation Issues in 
Small to Mid-Sized Preservation Programs Discussion Group," we 
prepared a list of care and handling videos.  Because we received 
requests for the list to be posted to this list, please find it both as 
an attachment (a prettier copy) and pasted below. 

Audio-Visuals for Training Staff and Users in the Care and Handling of 
Library and Archival Materials

Small to Mid-Sized Preservation Program Discussion Group
Preservation Issues in Stack Maintenance      
ALA Midwinter 1999
         
Yvonne Carignan and Patricia Palmer, Co-Chairs.

For the meaning of the numbers in front of the titles, please refer to 
sources the end of the list.

(1) Books are not for Bashing
Providence, RI: Brown University Library Preservation Office. [1990].
1 videocassettee (10 min.): sd., col.; ½" VHS
Basic information for academic library users about appropriate handling 
of library materials.  Includes humorous examples that may appeal to a 
secondary school audience as well. Availability: Brown University 
Libraries Preservation Office, Box A, Providence, RI 02914, $40 sale.

(2) Handle with Care (1987)
Format: VHS
Time: 13 minutes
Producer/Distributor: Connexions, with help from the staff of the 
Bodleian Library, other Oxford College Libraries, the Public Record 
Office, and the Hampshire record office.  Commissioned by the Society 
of Archivists.  Distributed by Connexions, 6 Tan-yr-Elgwys, Tregynon, 
Newtown, Powys SY16 3EZ. Handling and transport cause a great deal of 
damage to books and documents, and the prevention is almost always 
possible if library and archive staff are trained to handle the 
material safely and to instruct readers to do likewise.  This training 
package is designed to alert staff and readers to potential dangers and 
to teach them the best techniques; includes a 30 page information 
package.

(1,2)  Handle with Care
Produced with the assistance of students at New York University's 
Department of Film and Television. New York: New York University, 
[1988]. 1 videocassette (4 min.): sd., col.; ½" VHS
A young man demonstrates the wrong ways to treat books as a satiric 
off-screen narrator comments on the action.  Useful to promote 
discussion in an class setting, from secondary to college level.  The 
continuous loop can be used in an exhibit or lobby setting.  
Availability: New York University Libraries Collection Management 
Office, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 19912, $39 sale (28 
min. continuous loop, $45).

(1,2)  Handle with Care: Library Materials 
Cleveland:  CWRU Educational Media Dept.  [1990].
Case Western Reserve Univ:  University Libraries Conservation Dept.  A 
CWRU Libraries Preservation Education Film. 1 videocassette (19 min.): 
sd., col.; ½" VHS Explains the proper way to handle and care for 
various library materials and the function of the Conservation 
Department.  Originally made in slide format. Availability: Not for 
sale.  Request interlibrary loan from: Case Western Reserve University 
Library, 11161 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106.    

(1,2,3)Handling Books in the General Collections: Guidelines for 
Readers and Library Staff Members Washington, DC:  Library of Congress, 
National Preservation Program Office, 1984.  Originally produced in a 
slide-tape version (79 slides) in 1984.  Edited video transfer 
retaining original narration, made by University of California, San 
Diego, 1994.  1 videocassette (12 min.): sd., col.; ½" VHS Suggests 
handling and shelving practices that will prolong the life of books in 
general collections.  Aimed primarily at staff but can be used for 
student groups and volunteers.  Availability:  Slide/tape show:  
Library of Congress Sales Office 1-202-707-5112, $60 sale; SOLINET 
Preservation Program, $20 rental.   Videotape:  Preservation 
Department, Geisel Library 0175N, University of California-San Diego, 
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, $15 sale; no interlibrary 
loan.

(2) Handling Printed Books (1989)
Format: VHS
Time: 18 minutes
Producer/Distributor: British Library National Preservation Office, 
London WC1B 3DG. After a brief overview of the structure of books, the 
video offers a step-by-step guide to desirable staff and patron book 
handling practices.

(1,2,3)   Murder in the Stacks 
Columbia University Libraries Preservation Committee.  New York:  
Center for Biomedical Communications, College of Physicians & Surgeons, 
Columbia University.  [1987]. 1 videocassette (15 min.): sd., col.; ½" 
VHS Conceived and written by staff members of Columbia University's 
Library Preservation Department, with an award of $20,000 from the New 
York State Education Department's Division of Library Development.  
Starring Sherlock Holmes and Watson, this educational videotape is 
aimed at library workers and users/  The two sleuths stalk the 
"murderer" of library books, discovering in the end that the deadly 
killer is, inescapably, "Everyone, Watson.  The people who work in the 
library and the people who use the library.  All the people who come in 
contact with books but fail to give sufficient thought to the 
consequences of their actions."  Holmes and Watson explain how 
destructive consequences of common situations like overcrowded shelves 
and dog-eared pages.  The detectives also discuss more unusual problems 
like poor paper quality in books from Third World and some smaller 
presses. Availability:  Columbia University Libraries Gifts and 
Exchanges, 104 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, $35 sale; University 
Products (1-800-762-1165), $68 sale; SOLINET Preservation Program 
(1800-999-8558), $20 rental.

(2) Preservation Not! (1993)
Format: VHS
Time: 30 Minutes
Producer/Distributor: E.G. Swem Library, College of William and Mary, 
Williamsburg, VA 23187. Demonstrates proper book handling and shelving, 
along with common actions that damage books.  Intended for use in 
library staff training, specifically for student library employees.  
Written and presented by Ethel Hellman and Laura Turner.

(2) Selling Preservation: What to Say to the Customer (1994)
Format: Sound Recordings
Time: 2 cassettes
Producer/Distributor: American Library Association, Chicago, IL 60611. 
Recorded by Teach'em, Inc. Chicago, IL. Four addresses offering 
practical ideas for preservation education in all types of 
libraries--school, public, special and academic. Learn tactics to teach 
"kinder and gentler" use in bibliographic instruction.  Speakers: Peggy 
Sullivan, Anne L. Reynolds, Cheryl Holland, and Lorraine Olley.  
Recorded at the 113th Annual American Library Association Conference in 
Miami Beach, FL.

(1) Use and Care of Books
[s.l.]: Centron Films, 1979.
Cornet Films and Video (School Citizenship Series)
1 videocassette (13 min.): sd., col.; ½" VHS
Well-done video introducing some basic techniques of properly handling 
library books and textbooks for elementary school children.  Culturally 
diverse classroom and library users.  Effective use of humor, with 
books themselves speaking in a combination of animation and live 
action.  Best used for the lower elementary grades.  Also in Spanish.: 
Los Libros: Uso y Cuidado. Availability: Coronet Films and Video, Simon 
& Schuster, 4350 Equity Drive, Columbus, OH 43228 (1-800-777-8100), 
$29.95 sale.

(1,2,3)           Use or Abuse: The role of Staff and Patrons in Maintaining 
General Library Collections Carbondale, IL:  Produced by the Illinois 
Cooperative Conservation Program at the SUI Broadcasting Service,, 
[1986]. 1 videocassette (24 min.); sd., col.; ½" VHS
Describes the role of staff and patrons in maintaining library 
collections.  Illustrates typical mishandling the damage it causes, and 
describes correct practices for care and handling.  Includes repair of 
library books.  Filmed at the Carbondale Public Library. Availability: 
Not available for sale.  Request interlibrary loan from:  Illinois 
State Library, 300 South Second Street, Springfield, IL 62701 
(1-217-785-5531)


        (1) Drewes, Jeanne M. and Julie A. Page, eds.  Promoting 
Preservation Awareness in Libraries: A Sourcebook for Academic, Public, 
School, and Special Collections.  Westport, CN: Greenwood Presee, 1997.

        (2) Schnare, Robert E.  "Bibliography of Videotapes and Media 
on the Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Material 
1982-1997."

        (3) Recommended by those who responded to a request on PADG 
list for favorite care and handling training media.

With thanks to Robert E. Schnare and to co-editors Jeanne Drewes and 
Julie Page for permission to excerpt their media lists.  

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 Yvonne A. Carignan
Preservation Department Head
University of Maryland Libraries
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VoiceMail: 301-405-9343



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