From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >On 12/1/23 10:57 AM, David Langford wrote:   
   >> JOHN CLUTE's long-running Facebook posts on 'Annals of Vandalism at the   
   >> British Library' have rung many changes on the message (illustrated with   
   >> scans) that the BL's traditional stripping and discarding of dust jackets   
   >> and flap copy destroys bibliographic context and is a Bad Thing. All this   
   >> is to become a heavily illustrated volume titled_The Book Blinders_. Bets   
   >> are being taken on how it will be treated at the British Library.   
   >   
   >Every library I've been in puts books on the shelves without dust   
   >jackets. New acquisitions sometimes keep them for a while. Dust jackets   
   >aren't likely to survive circulation. It would be a very good thing,   
   >though, if libraries would scan them and make them publicly available   
   >online.   
      
   What about dust jackets with plastic covers on them?  It is the best of both   
   worlds, and very common in libraries.   
   --scott   
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   >Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
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