Using the available kick scanners and/or copiers are 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 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 comes up and employees should advise students not to use this technology with our materials. The best scanning position is when the camera is placed above an item and the item sits flat on the research desk in its most stable position.
Library Materials should only be used for research. Exhibition is an important part of research so see the Exhibition section for further details. Attempts to use them as decoration or anything else should be discouraged and preservation can be contacted for questions. When placing books on shelves for showcase, 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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