The University of Kansas Libraries

Brittle Books Program

The University of Kansas Libraries' Brittle Books Program participates in an interdepartmental program that actively involves staff from the Preservation, Collection Development, Retrieval Services, and Cataloging departments.  In an effort to preserve the information contained in the Libraries' growing number of embrittled volumes, the Brittle Books Program endeavors to replace embrittled volumes with new copies from publishers (e.g., reprints), preservation-quality photocopy replacements, or digital copies.  The University of Kansas Libraries has contracted with HF Group Bindery for preservation-quality reformatting.

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