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Policies and Procedures

Preservation Policies

• Preservation Policy Statement
• Library Binding Guidelines
• Brittle Books Replacement and Reformatting Policy

Food and Drink Policies

• Employee Food and Drink Policy
• Patron Policies

Security and Theft Policies

• Key Control and Access Policy

• Theft and Mutilation - Illinois Code 720 ILCS 5/16B prohibits activities that cause damage to or result in the loss of library materials.
  $300.00 cumulative value placed on losses due to theft or mutilation result in felony charges.
  See the Illinois Compiled Statutes Criminal Offenses Criminal Code of 1961 720 ILCS 5/16 .

Bindery Preparations Documentation

Binding Handbook

• Preface [.pdf]
• General Guidelines [.pdf]
• Flow chart [.pdf]
• Preparing Materials for Binding Prep  [.pdf]
• Developing Spine Information  [.pdf]
• Binding Colors
• Box Orders [.pdf]
• Binding Specifications [.pdf]
• QC and Inspection [.pdf]
• Mistakes, Cosmetic, and Structural Problems  [.pdf]
• Departmental Binding of Theses [.pdf]
• Voyager Binding Maintenance Documentation  [.pdf]
• Voyager Binding Maintenance Supplement on Notation Standards [.pdf]

Binding Quota Documentation

• Library Serials Binding Quotas [.pdf]
• Binding Quotas and Shipping

Other Documentation

• Paperback Binding Decision Tree [.pdf]
• Binding Inspection Streamer [.pdf]
• Inspection Form [.pdf]

Book Repair, Pamphlet Binding, and Conservation Documentation

In-House Repair

• Identifying Materials Appropriate for In-House Repair

Repair Streamers

• How to Order GEN Forms from Graphic Services
• Guidelines for When to Use Which Streamer
• Completing Preservation and Conservation Repair Streamers [.pdf]

For comments on this page contact: Preservation & Conservation

Last modified by: Annette Morris on 7/16/08