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By JANET FRANKEL
Drip a little coffee on that overdue
' political science book. Photocopy 25
pages of a psychology journal. Scribble
notes in the margins of King Lear, and
on the way out of the library, drop a
candy wrapper on the floor.
It may seem harmless, but library
workers say such behavior has con-
This weekend: tributed to the ruin of about 1.9 million
Martn Simonsbooks out of the 5.5 million books in the'
Martin Simmons University's total library collection.
& the JANE MUMM of the Graduate
eHeatersLibrary's preservation office said book-
Space Hhungry insects are attracted by empty
FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: food wrappers. For example, she said
AY of HTd SeCa':eer she found that one in every three books
A mnug of Old Vienna beer in a locked bookcase were insect-rid-
with paid admission. den.
Library books face other dangers,
Mumm says. Photocopying breaks a
book's binding, causing its pages to fall
out. Paper clips rust and corrode pages.
Books with pages or pictures ripped out
are useless to the next reader.
ks take L
Mumm said most students don't
realize they are harming a book. "I
don't think it is the students' fault. No
one has taken the time to make students
aware."
BUT STUDENTS are not the only
cause of book deterioration.
Flourescent lights yellow pages,
causing them to crumble at a touch;
acid in the paper itself also breaks
down the pages. Because of this, library
workers say, books published after
1850, when book pages began being
produced with acid, are not expected to
survive this century.
Certain kinds of books are more
susceptible to misuse and ruin, said
Margaret Byrnes, preservation officer.
"Reference books, psychology and
political science are the more frequen-
tly used books," she said. A study done
by the School of Library Science faculty
found 45 percent of the, Graduate
'Library's Western European literature
needs book restoration.
Books such as these are sent to the
Graduate Library Office of Preser-
vation. The office microfilms or
photocopies books that are beyond
repair, and rebinds books that can be
saved. Editions of severely damaged
books are borrowed from other
libraries for photocopying.
THE PRESERVATION office has
started a campaign to save more books
and to make library users aware of how
books are damaged. Part of this cam-
paign is a seven-case exhibit in the
Grad Library's north lobby.
To prevent breaking a book's spine, it
should be photocopied one page at a
time, instead of laying it flat on the
machine, Mumm said. The exhibit has
instructions on how to photocopy
properly.
One library patron, LSA junior Dave
eating
Mackinin, said, "I just pu cucupied one
dollar's worth of bound periodical,
because you can't take it out of the
library. I don't have time to read it
here. If I photocopy the book like the in-
structions (in the exhibit) say, it will
cost twice as much."
THE EXHIBIT tells students not to
photocopy books with brittle or crum-
bling pages themselves, but to take the
book to the library's photo duplication
room.
However, the photo duplication office
charges 10 cents a page, and will refuse
to copy books with pages that are too
brittle. The office also photocopies
books flat instead of one page at a time.
Cheryl Greely, an assistant in the
photo duplication office, said, "Our
machines aren't set up to run the pages
flat." When she was told the library's
policy was on 'How to Photocopy
correctly,' she responded, "That's just
how I was taught."
ANOTHER library patron, Ellie
Jones, an LSA junior, said she thought
the exhibit is a good idea. "Students
who are considerate will treat books
better, because they will realize what
they do affects the book's condition, like
using paper clips."
LSA junior Mindy Markow said, "I
never realized that the library's collec-
tion was endangered because of
misuse. It never even occurred to me."
The University's libraries spend $3
million every year on new books, Byr-
nes said, but out-of-print books that are
damaged cannot be replaced.
"Publishers only reprint books which
are popular on the market," she said.
AS A RESULT, Byrnes said, the
amount of money spent on new books
"is high because if they (the libraries)
don't buy books now, they won't
necessarily be able to buy (them) next
year."
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Daily Photo by SCOTT ZOLTON
Shoppng cart strikes
An 'M' batsman feeds a hungry pitching machine with a hearty supply of
baseballs, which were reputedly bought at Kroger's.
Jo bless rate edges higher;.
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Mama Zirili's
Authentic Italian Cuisine
The University Club
Italian Buffet
Sundays, 5-7 pm
$3.99
Includes Bottomless Soda
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The director of Brandeis University's
Jacob Hiatt Institute in Jerusalem,
will be on campus on
Monday, October 11
to discuss this semester or year
program of Israel studies.
Please contact your study abroad advisor
for the time and place.
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figures in 1974.
the report came as critics of
President Reagan's economic policies
girded for today's release of figures
likely to showing the nation surpassed
10 percent joblessness in September.
That would be the worst year since 1940,
when America was emerging from the
Depression.
The August rate of 9.8 percent mat-
ched a post-World War II record set the
month before, with nearly 11 million
people out of work. The previous post-
war high of 9.0 percent, registered in
May 1975, was matched in March.
AN OVERALL rate of 10 percent or
more would be the highest since an an-
UNION
nual average 14.9 percent was recorded
in 1940. The highest rate ever
registered was a 24.9 percent annual
average joblessness registered during
the depths of the Depression in 1933.
Reagan was on the campaign trail
yesterday, hammering away at hi
assertion that the Democratic Party is
responsible for high unemployment.
During a visit to Reno, Nev., the
president said Democrats are the "last
ones who should be delivering ser-
monettes" on the problem.
In the nation's capital, meantime, his
critics put the final touches on plans
for elaborate speech-making and a
protest rally timed to coincide with
release of the unemployment report
today.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland,
who has called unemployment "a
national scandal," was scheduled ° s
the leadoff speaker at a rally planned
by the Full Employment Action Council
for Lafayette Park, across from the
White House.
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