We, too, do not offer preservation
services for the general public. In my experience, however, there was one
exception. After Hurricane Andrew, we offered assistance to the university
faculty and staff whose collections were damaged. Most of the material was
water damaged and we offered to freeze-dry and do our best to return books to
a usable condition. This was a one-in-a-lifetime situation (we hope) and our
faculty and staff were very grateful.
Cecilia Leathem
Otto G. Richter Library
University of
Miami
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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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Andrew Hart, Preservation Librarian
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#3910, Davis Library
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
tel: (919) 962-8047
fax: (919) 962-4450
email: ashart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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