It's true, even a book can get a makeover. At COM Library, we are always looking for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle, thereby saving both the College and tax payers some money. So instead of getting rid of our dusty, tattered, torn, falling apart books that students leave on the shelves (would you choose this book?), we give them an extreme book makeover. How do we do it? We look for candidates in our collection in small batches every month. First the books go through an evaluation process. Are they dusty, tattered, falling apart? Is the subject matter still of interest to students? Top candidates are usually history and literature. For instance, a book of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poems published 70 years ago will still be valid. In some cases it’s not even possible to buy a new version as many titles are out of print. The Real Makover Once candidates are selected we send them to a bindery where the real makeover takes place. The books are re-bound, pages shaved to give fresh edge...
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