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{Bodleian Library University of Oxford}

·  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

Hold an open book in two hands

Never fold the cover of a book back on itself

{Samuel Johnson mishandling a Bodley book}
Samuel Johnson did not complete his degree at Oxford because
he was sent down for folding back the covers of books in the
Bodleian Library

{onward with the show}

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