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·  Clean hands
·  Food and drink
·  Removing books from shelves
·  Carrying
·  Handling
·  Book structures
·  Supporting books in use
·  Note taking
·  Stationery
·  Books not in use
·  Bookmarks
·  Photocopying
·  Shelving books

HANDLING
LIBRARY MATERIAL

Use bookmarks instead of dog-ears

{dog ears}
dog-earing the pages of books is harmful to dogs

Use bookmarks instead of Post-It® Notes

{Art Fry the inventor of post-it notes}This is Art Fry, inventor of Post-It® Notes

Art Fry didn't invent the special adhesive, and he didn't invent the paper; but he did put them together to come up with something that is really bad news for library books.

You can read his story here but not now as there is still plenty to get through.

From the 3M website
Will the adhesive harm the surface it's stuck to or leave a residue?
'The adhesive may (we know it will) lift ink or paper fiber from paper products or leave a residue on some surfaces.'

{post-it note damage}

{onward with the show}

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