Using the available kick scanners and/or copiers around the libraries is a good way of duplicating pages for research. Make sure to not open books completely flat, pushing the spine down under the copier lids for scanning. This damages books quite badly. Make sure students and researchers are only copying one page at a time and not flattening spines down.
Students and researchers are welcome to take pictures with their phones or other technological devices that they bring into the circulating libraries. The same goes for employees and student employees. Make sure that any technology that is used does not include technology that has sticky or mildly sticky areas that pages are placed on. This is typically older technology, but it does come up and employees should advise students not to use this technology with our materials.
Library Materials should only be used for research. Exhibition is an important part of research so see the Exhibition section for further details. New books or areas highlighting books of interest are also an important part of research and fine. Attempts to use collection items as decoration or anything else should be discouraged and preservation can be contacted for questions. When placing books on shelves for highlighting purposes, avoid splaying them out or keeping them open to a certain page for long periods. You should only stack about four to five books on top of each other at a time--particularly heavy books (see the Storing section for more information).
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