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University of Connecticut Libraries Preservation - Shelving Books

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Shelving Books

Below we have provided links to websites concerned with shelving books. Please feel free to contact us if the information you need cannot be found in the following:

Proper Care of Library Books: Shelving and Handling
http://library.amnh.org/conservation/bookcare.html

Handling Library Material:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/preservation/training/handling/storage-poor.htm

How to: Shelving and Handling Books: Shelving:
http://www.pitt.edu/~olcpwg/shelving.html

Shelving Books in General Collections: Standard Sized and Oversized Volumes:
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/preservation/pshelve.html

Shelving Books--Proper Care and Handling of Books:
http://library.louisville.edu/training/shelf.htm

Removing Books from Shelves:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/preservation/training/handling/shelf.htm


If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Fred Rick in Preservation. Our telephone number is 860.486.2597

(Last updated 04/06/05)