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Smathers Libraries
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P.O Box 117003
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
P: 352.273.2900
F: 352.846.3702
DLC@uflib.ufl.edu
The Brittle Books Program, a section of the Reprographics Unit of the Preservation Department, is responsible for the identification and care taking of the brittle materials in the library system. Approximately 540,000 volumes are thought to be brittle at this time.
- A volume must have been "tested" using either the double-fold test or the flex test and found to be brittle, before being sent through the brittle books program. (The exception is other volumes of a set being considered for reformatting - the complete set is reformatted, not just the brittle volumes).
- Each brittle volume is to be reviewed by the appropriate Collection Manager and the decision carried out by the Brittle Books staff (or other appropriate staff).
Program Operations
Program Procedures
- NOTIS: Methods and Guidelines
- Incoming Materials
- Surrogates of Special Collection Materials
- Searching Bibliographic Tools
- Database Input and Updates
- Replacement Ordering and Cataloging
- Cataloging University of Florida Preservation Surrogates
- Preparing Targets and Generating Lists (Using FILMLOG)
- Shelving and Using Materials within Preservation
- Physical Preparation for Filming of Brittle Books
- End-Processing Materials
- Other Procedures
