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Re: Fragile newspapers



Kathy,

Don't give up on the microfilming until you've checked to see if the student
government association would consider funding it.  We just had sixty years of our
student newspapers filmed, courtesy of the SGA for this university.

And it didn't cost near as much as expected!

Holly Hodges
UTChattanooga



Kathy Gaynor wrote:

> We have some student newspapers from years past that are turning golden
> brown and crumbling.  I am to the point where I am reluctant to handle them
> or let anyone else do so.
>
> Obviously, we would like to look into options for scanning or microfilming
> these in the future.  The problem is that there is no money for anything
> like that right now.
>
> One thought I had was to photocopy the ones in really bad shape onto
> acid-free paper.  This would necessitate taking these apart as they have
> been bound.  We would then use the photocopied ones for reference and store
> and/or encapsulate the originals.
>
> I would appreciate any advice that you could provide.  These are our only
> copies so I don't want to do something that will have disastrous results.
> Thank you.
> ************************************************************************
> Kathy M. Gaynor, Reference Librarian            Eden-Webster Library
> (314) 968-6950                                  475 E. Lockwood Ave.
> (314) 968-7113  fax                                     St. Louis, MO  63119
> kgaynor@library2.webster.edu

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