[ILL-L] tape and books

[Sara Fitzpatrick]

Possibly the borrowing patron taped it on? If they'd been previously
admonished for returning material without the bookstrap, they might have
taped it on to avoid loss, ( hopefully not to deliberately to cause damage.)

 

Sara Fitzpatrick

Interlibrary Loan

Webster University Library

Eden-Webster Library System (ELW)

Phone 314-246-7807

Fax 314-968-7113

ill at webster.edu

 

 

 

 

From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Robinson, Arthur 
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:06 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] tape and books

 

Since the other ibrary hasn't doen this before, I suspect it was someone
new.  When I was told to delegate the book straps here, I explained to my
successor that we had to be careful never to let scotch tape touch the other
library's book.  Luckily I checked the next day, and found the tape was
touching the inside cover.  Luckily there was no damage as bad as you had,
and I ensured that it didn't happen again (i.e., I raised a fuss).

 

Arthur Robinson (GLG)

 

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Jones, Alison R.
Sent: Wed 8/12/2009 11:48 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: [ILL-L] tape and books

May I please just beg folks NOT TO TAPE BOOK STRAPS TO OUR BOOKS.  

 

I don't care if you remove our book strap... its fine just to stick it back
in the book... for that matter I'd rather it not even get returned with the
book if the other option is to tape it to the book!

 

I realize this is preaching to the choir on this list - but today's example
was just the last straw - it actually tore part of the paperback's front
cover surface off (as opposed to all the other ones that simply taped it
together on the inside cover which tore some paper but didn't look that
bad).

 

Does anyone know WHY anyone would think it was ok to use scotch tape on
another library's book - especially when its not encased in a plastic book
cover?

 

In this particular case - the library in question has NEVER done anything
remotely similar - they actually are one of my favorite libraries to deal
with because they're the best at it - so when I saw that even THEY were
taping things to book covers (this has been a steadily increasing problem
all summer) - It just makes me wonder...

 

Am I off the mark? Is this now considered acceptable procedures in ILL
departments?

 

Thanks for letting me vent this and for letting me remind us all to think
about what we're doing.

 

 

Alison Jones

Public Services Librarian

Baptist College of Florida

 

 

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