Theft, Mutilation, and the Loss-to-Use Ratio

Hines, Theodore C.

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“…Collver (1990), fbr instance, contends that 607o of mutilated items are never used again and thus concludes that mutilation does not necessarily have a negative e{I'ect on sewice. Hines (1975) argues that the impact of mutilation cannot'be assessed unless librarians have calculated a loss-to-use ratio. Furthermore, Schumm (1994) claims that demand for mutilated periodical articles decreases over time As a result, repairing mutilated items may not be a high priority fbr every library.…”

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Treatment of Mutilated Art Books: A Survey of Academic ARL Institutions

Smith¹,

Olszak²

1997

Library Resources &Amp; Technical Services

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Mutilation is an enduring problem faced by librarians utodduide The authors in this study iru.testigate hou both main and departmental art libraries at academic ARL institutions in the United States handle one specific tgpe of damaged materials----+rul.tilated art books. Findings reaeal that librarians at sunseyed ARL libraries report a problem uith mutilated art books almost uniaersally. These librarians haoe deoeloped a number of strategies for dealing with damaged art books, ranging from ignoring the mutilation to replacing the book to restricting future access to the item. Factors such as cost, im,portance of the uork, and amount of muti.Iation help librarians decide uhat actions uill be taken on mutilated art materi.als. Feto libraries haoe color photocopiers aoailable for patron use and rely more heaoilq on black-and-uhite photocopies thun color photocopies for replacement pages. Thompson 1968, Almagro 1985. When also members of the Association of Remutilated materials are discovered, lisearch Libraries (ARL) about their procebrarians have several options. They can dures with art materials. In this article, we repair,replace,ordiscardmutilatedmatedescribe the situation at Joyner Library rials. They can ignore the mutilation and that prompted the survey. We also discuss return the material to the collection. or the survev and its results. Finally, we sumthey can restrict future access to the mamarize the findings and suggesi areas {br terial by placing it in a special collection.further research. At East Carolina University'.s joyner East Carolina University (ECU) is one Library, we too are confronted with our of 16 universities that fbrm the University share of mutilated material. However, we of North Carolina System. Student enroliwere especiallv concerned with the mutiment at ECU tends to fluctuate between lation we discovered in art-related books, 17,000 and 18,000 students. This figure particularly the N and TR Library of Conincludes approximately 2,500 graduate gress (LC) classi{ication areas. In order to students and 300 students pursuing their ElIza.sstu H SltIrs (elismi@joyner.lib.ecu edu)

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Treatment of Mutilated Art Books: A Survey of Academic ARL Institutions

Smith¹,

Olszak²

1997

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“…Theodore Hines, Thomas Atwood, and Carol Wall entertained the same theory. 10 , 11 Their studies showed that broken copy machines, confusion, lack of time or easy access, uncaring library staff, lack of efficient directional signs, and unfamiliarity with the library environment and services generate frustration. Subsequently, anger builds up and library users take it out on library materials.…”

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Destruction of Knowledge: A Study of Journal Mutilation at a Large University Library

Constantinou¹

1995

CRL

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Book and journal mutilation is a problem for libraries. The rising cost of replacing mutilated books and journals and the availability of out-of-print materials concerns many librarians. This paper examines one type of mutilation-the removal of pages from journal titles at the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library of New York University. The study reviews the related literature; it discusses the methodology of the descriptive study on journal mutilation at Bobst Library; it analyzes and interprets the results of the study, makes suggestions that could help reduce the problem, and proposes other topics for additional research.

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Theft, Mutilation, and the Loss-to-Use Ratio

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Treatment of Mutilated Art Books: A Survey of Academic ARL Institutions

Treatment of Mutilated Art Books: A Survey of Academic ARL Institutions

Destruction of Knowledge: A Study of Journal Mutilation at a Large University Library

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