Please note attached the general procedures used at Cornell to address the problems described below. At 08:55 AM 01/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: >A colleague of ours, Julie Page at UCSD, suggested we send this query to >PADG as well as the Cons DistList. > > >We have a query regarding the acquisition of retrospective material >and its impact on the Preservation Department. Much of the material >(pre-1950) is brittle or in adhesive bindings where the adhesive is >breaking down. We want to work with the collection development >selectors and help them determine the 'real' cost of adding the >material, which often includes protective enclosures or >reformatting. > >Do other libraries or institutions have guidelines that flag these >acquisitions as likely to need attention before being added to the >collection? What are you doing to deal with this problem? > >Wendy Jones >Charlotte Payne >Preservation Dept., Shields Library >University of California, Davis 95606 >530-752-6040 BrittleFlow.wpd John F. Dean Director Department of Preservation and Conservation 215 Olin Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Telephone: (607)255-9687
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