http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2008/10/06/question-why-dont-you-keep-the-book-jackets-on-books/ We Bring Knowledge to You Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2008/10/06/question-why-dont-you-keep-the-book-jackets-on-books/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Joseph Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:20:39 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/list/?p=100#comment-73 The last time I checked in 2006 Blackwell’s charged $1.50 per book to cover the jacket in Mylar. I assume, after start up costs, we could do it for less in-house since previous cost analysis for shelf ready materials showed our in-house cost was less than BNA.

]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2008/10/06/question-why-dont-you-keep-the-book-jackets-on-books/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Brenda Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:48:09 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/list/?p=100#comment-70 I’m glad to have book jacket info in midcat, but in working with students I find that midcat serves to point them to some titles and get them to the right place(s) in the stacks. From there they find additional titles by browsing. The summaries provided by the jacket can help users select a book. This may not be essential, but it is worthwhile, if we can find the money sometime in the future. It would be nice to know the cost per book. Does blackwells offer an option to do some processing, such as putting the plastic covers on the books before sending?

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