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Addendum to notes: Binding Policy statement
by Carol Mitchell, Deputy Field Director, LC-Delhi
dated 11/22/04, communicated through e-mail

SACAP binding policy. During the recent CONSALD meeting, the New Delhi Office proposed changes to the SACAP binding policy that would reduce the number of titles bound by the New Delhi Office. This policy would improve the delivery of non-publisher bound materials (paperbound titles) to participants while reducing the cost to individual participant binding invoices.

Background: Over the past few years, the New Delhi Office has noticed a marked improvement in the quality of paper bound/soft cover books. Attractive covers combined with improved paper and sewn bindings produce books that should withstand the normal usage in a university or special library. Some of these softbound titles are problematic because of narrow margins. The absence of quality perma-bound practices has led to bindings too small to open without causing problems with the binding.

Solution: The New Delhi Office will initiate a program to review soft cover/paper bound titles screening out those titles that do not need or should not hardcover binding by an outside contractor. These titles would be shipped to participants with the regular documentation (including bibliographic records) as soft cover paper bound books.

Participants at the October CONSALD agreed to this policy. This is to solicit feedback from other South Asia Acquisitions Program (SACAP) participants. Please submit comments by December 1, 2004 at which time we will review the SACAP participant binding policy.

Carol

Carol L. Mitchell, PhD
Deputy Field Director
New Delhi Office
Library of Congress

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