Princeton
subscribes to the same line as Julian suggests, although we do work with our
Development Office to create boxes and portfolios for gifts being given to
University benefactors. This is good PR both for the University as well
as the Library and Preservation. Still, we get these requests and have
had to decline, politely, just recently to carry out major repair of a number
of items from a departmental library that is not part of the Library
system.
Some of our conservators take on work coming through the
avenues Stephanie suggests as private work; however, this work is carried out
on their own time and in their own shops. We do not allow any staff to
do private work in our conservation lab. All private work must be
carried out off the premises. There are many reasons for this, including
security and safety concerns as well as the location of the lab within the
building.
Robert Milevski
At 10:15 AM 5/18/04 -0400, you
wrote:
We simply state that our resources are devoted fully to collections
and that staff and materials are not available for other services. As
the Preservation Librarian I do offer informal consultations and often
direct people to other services, vendors and products.
Julian
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-padg@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-padg@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DuBose,
Stefanie
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:51 AM
To:
'padg@xxxxxxx'
Subject: [PADG:31] Preservation of materials for
the general public
Hi All,
How many academic libraries offer preservation services for the
general public? While in theory I am not against such a service, we've
received so many items that my staff member doesn't have time to work on her
materials. I'm proposed a limit on what we accept to our
administration, but am curious how other conservation departments approach
the matter. Currently we will work on materials for members of our
Friends group or donors, but we've not (as yet) established a maximum number
of items per person or maximum number of items per semester/year. I
have no wish to alienate our public, but it's now a matter of preserving our
collection or working on walk-in materials.
Thanks for your help!
Stefanie
Stefanie
DuBose
Head, Acquisitions
Joyner Library
East Carolina
University
Greenville, NC 27258-4353
(p)252-328-2598
(f)252-328-4834
duboses@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Robert J. Milevski
Preservation Librarian, Digital Projects Librarian,
& Manager, Typography Studio
Princeton University Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-5591
Fax: (609) 258-4105
Email: milevski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Preservation Office website:
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