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| Lingua: | en |
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| Accesso online: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED325122 |
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- Brittle Books Programs. SPEC Kit 152. Merrill-Oldham, Jan Walker, Gay Academic Libraries Administrative Policy Books Guidelines Higher Education Library Collection Development Library Standards Library Surveys Microreproduction Preservation Program Descriptions Records (Forms) Research Libraries Search Strategies Serials This document focuses on the evaluation, bibliographic searching, replacement, preservation photocopying, and microfilming of library materials that are too brittle to handle without risking damage. To assess these activities, a SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) survey was sent to members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), with resonses from 64 to 118 member libraries (54%). Over 90% of the responding libraries have some mechanism for systematically identifying brittle books. Most libraries operate programs for replacing brittle books with hard or film copies and for fitting materials that cannot be replaced with protective wrappers and boxes. More than half of the libraries have developed preservation photocopying and microfilming capabilities. Nearly half of the libraries segregate brittle materials. Most libraries assign the responsibility of selecting preservation options to professional librarians, and many have forged links between preservation and collection development. Nearly half of the libraries discard 90% of original materials after providing adequate film or hard copy replacements; conversely, nearly 20% retain more than 90% of original materials. Approximately 64% of respondents, rely exclusively on microfilm. This SPEC Kit contains the survey instrument and the survey results, planning documents, organizational charts and job descriptions, searching and selection procedures and forms, guidelines and workflow descriptions, microfilming and photocopying procedures, and a five-item reading list. (SD)