Demco can be contacted at 1-800-356-1200 or
www.demco.com, but as you can tell by the phone
number, they're based in the US as well and may have
postage rates that are also too high.
If Demco doesn't work for you, Conservation Resources
International, LLC., is based in the UK (Oxford). Try
www.conservationresources.com. I don't know that they
sell pre-made dust jackets, but they do sell rolls and
sheets of Mylar in various sizes, which you could
easily cut and fold into nicely-fitting dust jackets
(especially since you say you don't need to have very
many). An x-acto knife and a nice straightedge should
be sufficient. If you need more instruction for how to
make them, let me know and I'll send a sheet of
instructions.
You will want to buy something like Mylar, which is a
trade name for sheet polyester, or maybe polyethylene,
for the covers; these are inert plastics and therefore
of archival quality by their composition. Many other
plastics used for dust jackets are made of various
vinyls and other nasty plastics that will not do any
favors for you or your books (they off-gas acids and
will likely eventually crack and turn yellow).
Best,
Amy Filiatreau
Archivist, Tarlton Law Library
University of Texas at Austin
--- Kevin Mac Donnell <macbooks@jump.net> wrote:
> Demco makes Durafold dj covers in mylar, various
> sizes, prefolded on one
> edge, no paper or glues. I don't have the contact
> info, but I'm sure you'd
> find them via google.
>
> They claim archival quality, and because they are
> nothing but mylar, you can
> easily see the back side of the dj, a nice feature.
>
> Kevin
> @
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Iles" <M.M.Iles@sheffield.ac.uk>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list"
> <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:15 PM
> Subject: Dust jacket covers
>
>
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Apologies if this is this is an inappropriate
> question for the list, but
> > I'm looking for somewhere I can buy plastic
> dustjacket covers to protect
> > my hardback books. They are all fairly new (rather
> than antiquarian) and
> > I don't need a large quantity but I need them in
> varying sizes (none are
> > more than about ten inches high). I live in the
> UK and have tried
> > contacting Brodart, but they said that they do not
> have a distributor in
> > the UK, and postage rates were prohibitive. This
> is my main problem - I
> > have searched the internet, but all the suitable
> products I can find are
> > in the USA. Could anyone (presumably British
> listmembers would know more
> > about this) help a novice and tell me where in the
> UK I can purchase
> > dustjacket covers in fairly small numbers?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
>
______________________________________________________
> >
> > Mark Iles
> > Mathematical Modelling and Genetic Epidemiology
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> > Royal Hallamshire Hospital
> > Glossop Road,
> > Sheffield
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> >
> > Phone: +44 (0)114 271 3046
> > Fax: +44 (0)114 272 1104
> > E-mail: m.m.iles@sheffield.ac.uk
> > Web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/mmge/mark/
> >
> > "It's better than nothing. Well, it's a close
> second."
> >
> > David Mamet, Duck Variations
> >
>
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> >
> >
>
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