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Identifying Damaged Materials to Send to Preservation

This guide should assist staff and student assistants in identifying circulating and other material that needs repair or rebinding.

Paperbacks

Since most paperbacks now go to the stacks directly out-of-the-box (shelf ready) we need to keep an eye out for those that may be needing some help after circulating. Many paperbacks do not circulate much, but some do. Please watch for those that have circulated and need some type of treatment or possible rebinding.

Paperbacks