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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

Never open a hollow-back volume flat on a table surface

{cloth case binding opened flat on a table}
never open a hollow-back volume flat on a table surface…
{crushed hollow}
…if you do the hollow will split along the joints or in the
middle of the spine; eventually the boards will detach
and the text-block will be vulnerable to damage

{broken hollows}
Repairing split hollows and detached boards is expensive

{onward with the show}
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