Most damage to library materials is a result of normal use and abuse including torn pages, broken spines and annotations applied by thoughtless patrons. Occasionally, however, library conservators and preservation specialists encounter surprising, amusing, or outrageous kinds of damage. Below are just a few examples of usual damages encountered recently by preservation staff at CARLI member libraries.
If a book can be judged by its cover, then the photograph on the front of the student-published Halcyon (vol. 2, no. 3, March 1971) tells part of the story. Credited to underground press organizations Chicago Seed and Liberation News Service, the image documents—in black and white, overlaid with patriotic red and blue—the civil unrest, student protests, and racial tension of the era.
From Railroads in the Midwest: Early Documents and Images (Knox College)
The presentations and handouts from the 2012 CARLI Annual Meeting are now available.
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