Weights
Images and text by Garry
Harrison,
Head, Circulating Collections Conservation,
Indiana
University Libraries Preservation Department
Weights
For the most part, we use
cloth-covered steel bricks, though we have a few shot-filled weights as
well. Weights are used for a number of purposes, such as holding paper in
place while it is being mended and, in combination with boards, for light
pressing.
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